The head of Lunel, a southern French town, which has become a symbol of the jihadist fervor reportedly raging in parts of France, has called on the government to suppress the “radicalized Muslim community” from blossoming in his town.
france Bleu newspaper, which was first to obtain Mayor Claude Arnaud's letter, cited him as saying:
“I solemnly appeal to the state to prevent fundamentalist Islamic movements from flourishing freely in Lunel.” He went on to say that the town has fallen victim to the effects of radical Islam, which he calls “the gateway” to Islamic terrorism.
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Lunel, a town of 26,000 people outside the coastal Mediterranean city of Montpellier, has been continuously referred to in the media as the “Jihadi capital,” after a group of five nationals, believed to have been sent to Syria to fight for the Nusra Front*, went on trial over terrorist conspiracy accusations. Among the 20 jihadists believed to have been supplied to Syria in 2013 and 2014, eight have reportedly been killed and another seven are missing in the war-stricken country.
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The mayor said that Lunel had grabbed the media spotlight in the wake of the notorious court proceeding and billing it “a true media massacre.”
Some media reports likened the “jihad town” on French soil…
