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A new documentary on the rise of radical Islam in France has sparked controversy among the French public, with viewers' opinions ranging from praise to outrage.
The filmmaker has been slammed as 'sensationalist' and 'provocateur' by the head of the town in which part of it was filmed.
The first episode of new show "Dossier Tabou" (Banned Dossier) titled "Islam in France: the failure of the Republic" was
airedon Wednesday, September 28 on the French M6 channel, the most profitable private national French television channel and the third most watched TV network in the French-speaking world. Watched by some 2.4 million viewers, it immediately grabbed public attention, topping of Twitter discussion trends in France.
The documentary revolved around the financing of Islamism by foreign powers, such as Saudi Arabia, its organization and its internal divisions, as well as the training of imams. In a manner of illustration, it showed excerpts from sermons by a confirmed radical cleric named Mohamed Khattabi, who had been under house arrest for nearly three months after the attacks in France in November 2015.
A part of the documentary was filmed in the northern French city of Sevran, in the department of Seine Saint Denis. The city has been
regarded as a place of widespread Islamist recruitment, after at least 15 young men left it to go and fight within the ranks of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Syria and Iraq since 2014. Six are known to have died there.
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