REPLAY – Anti-extremism plan is ‘law of freedom’, says France PM Castex

#REPLAY. French Prime Minister Jean #Castex on Wednesday defended draft #legislation aimed at clamping down on radical #Islamism as a “law of freedom” after a torrent of #criticism from Muslim countries and expressions of concern from the US. “This bill is not a text aimed against religions or against the Muslim religion in particular,” he told reporters after the cabinet approved a text to present to parliament. “It is the reverse — it is a law of freedom, it is a law of protection, it is a law of emancipation against religious fundamentalism.”