France, boasting Europe’s largest Muslim population, faces a problem of militant Islam spreading in prisons. It is estimated that over half of French inmates are Muslim, and a large portion of these are considered terrorist threats. The prisons have a small minority of Islamic chaplains and French officials are concerned that these radicals might engage in terrorist activity. Unsure of how to solve the problem, three new large-scale prisons are being built in an effort to thin out crowded jail cells and stop the spread of militant Islam.
From the Economist, Sep 20th, 2008.
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