Islamophobia goes viral in France:

60 % of French prisoners are Muslims

Rasa - While Muslims in France are 7.5 % of French population, they have occupied 60 percent of the country’s prisons, according to France’s UMP party deputy Guillaume Larrive.

News ID: 1497

Date: 28 October 2014 - 00:38

RNA – Muslims in French prisons reach up to 60% claims France’s UMP party deputy Guillaume Larrive.

The conclusion drawn by Larrive in a report as part of an action plan “against Islamist radicalisation in prison” This action plan is now likely to involve several hundred prisoners, Le Figaro reported.

The report estimates that 60% of the prison population in France, that is to say 40,000 prisoners, can be considered Muslim, “culturally or originally”.

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