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Any application by the Islam Party to hold a gathering in Mons will be rejected, the Belga news agency learned on Wednesday, thus confirming information reported by Sudpresse.
The refusal by Mons Mayor Elio Di Rupo came in response to a motion submitted by Georges-Louis Bouchez, leader of the “Mons en Mieux” group, to ban the party from gathering in the city.
“Once a mayor considers that public order is threatened he takes the decision to ban a demonstration,” Di Rupo told Sudpresse. He confirmed on Wednesday to Belga that any application for an Islam Party assembly would be refused.