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Muslim worshippers arrive for the Friday prayers to the Grande Mosquee de Pantin (Pantin Great Mosque) on the day of its reopening in Pantin, a northern Paris suburb, on April 9, 2021. — AFP pic
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PARIS, April 9 — A Paris mosque that became a focal point in the controversy over the place of Islam in France reopened today after a six-month closure following a clampdown on Islamist radicals sparked by the beheading of a teacher last October.
Some 200 worshippers returned for Friday prayers at the 1,300-person capacity mosque in Pantin on the northern outskirts of Paris, an AFP correspondent said.