France expels Islamic radicals
Since last month’s deadly terror bombings in London, France has expelled two extremist Muslim prayer leaders and plans to to the same with eight others. Italian authorities deported eight Palestinian imams for not holding the proper residency papers. Shaken by new terrorism on European soil, authorities have stepped up a policy of deporting Islamic clerics accused of whipping up hatred and violence in vulnerable, disenfranchised pockets of the continent’s mostly moderate Muslim community. Several European countries enacted expulsion policies since the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US, saying legislation was needed to ensure public order and security. Full Story