GETTY Marine Le Pen has claimed that Islamic law threatens to take over French law

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The leader of the far-right Front National (FN) party fumed about the effect of "Islamic fundamentalism" in her country. On social networking site Twitter, Ms Le Pen said: “Islamic fundamentalism is a totalitarian ideology which aims to replace our laws by religious laws.” One tweeter replied: “It is worse than that, they want to replace us!”

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Islamic fundamentalism is a totalitarian ideology which aims to replace our laws by religious laws Marine Le Pen

Ms Le Pen also wrote on Twitter: “The discussion on the exit of the European Union will be followed by a national referendum.” The leader also said on Twitter that the current French government is being too “lax” over the migrant crisis hitting the country, asking “Where is the Government?” Ms Le Pen also claimed that mass immigration is fertile ground for Islamisation and the French community could not carry on lumbering the “huge” cost of migrants.

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This comes as she vowed to ban all religious symbols if she was elected the president of France. The FN leader said: “I will prohibit overt signs in the public space”. She claimed she would extend a 2004 law banning religious symbolism in schools to all public spaces if she emerges victorious in the elections next year. She said: “I know it is a sacrifice, but I think the situation is serious now, I think every French person can understand that if we ask them for a sacrifice in order to help fight against the advance of the Islamic extremism, they will make the effort, they will understand.”

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