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France has ordered the closure of a mosque in the north of the country because of the “radical nature” of its imam’s preaching, regional authorities said on Tuesday. The mosque in Beauvais, a town of 50,000 people some 100 kilometres north of Paris, will remain shut for six months, according to the prefecture of the Oise region where Beauvais is located. The authorities alleged the sermons there incited hatred, violence and “defended jihad”.