Police operations against Islamists in France

The Interior Minister said, "51 associations will be visited by the state during the whole week, and most of them will be dissolved in the Council of Ministers on my suggestion."

French police launched operations against dozens of people in the morning after history teacher Samuel Paty was beheaded in the middle of the street.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin stated that operations were launched against individuals from the Islamist movement and would continue in the coming days.

Darmanin made a statement on the Europe 1 radio and said "The enemies of the Republic will not be given an opportunity at all."

Stating that more than 80 investigations into hate crimes on the internet were launched following the murder of Paty on Friday, Darmanin added that some were taken into custody in this scope.

Darmanin noted that he would propose the dissolution of many associations, including the highly controversial "France against Islamophobia Collective (CCIF)" and "BarakaCity".

The Interior Minister said, "51 associations will be visited by the state during the whole week, and most of them will be dissolved in the Council of Ministers on my suggestion."

Prompted by the initiative of student families, the CCIF issued a fatwa against the history-geography teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded by an 18-year-old Chechen.

Paty was targeted at school after he showed caricatures of the Islamic prophet published by Charlie Hebdo to his students to debate over the importance of freedom of expression. Some student revealed that Paty advised Muslim students to go out before him showing the cartoons in order not to be offended. Radical Islamist Abdulhakim Sefrioui, the father of a student, also issued a fatwa against Paty. Sefrioui is among those detained.

Darmanin also stated that he would ask for the deportation of 231 people who are labeled with "radicalization with a terrorist leaning". It is noted that 180 of them are in prisons, while others would be caught in the coming hours.