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French state resists Muslims' calls to police halal fraud

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French state resists Muslims' calls to police halal fraud
 
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As France's ruling party debates secularism, Muslim groups are calling on the state to introduce rules to stamp out fraud involving sloppy halal practices. But inspectors  say regulating halal practicises would be contrary to France's secular principles.

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