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After the mayor of a small French city called this week for France to ban Islam, at least one French Muslim political activist was rejoicing.
Mayor Robert Chardon of the Southern French city of Venelles tweeted multiple times on Thursday that "the religion of Islam will be banned in France on Oct. 18, 2027."
Mehdi Meftah, founder of Parti des Indigènes de la République (PIR), a political party representing the interests of people from many of France's predominantly Muslim former colonies in Africa and elsewhere, called the mayor's calls to outlaw Islam "absurd."