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French far right leader Marine Le Pen faces trial for comments on Muslims

The president of the Front National faces charges of inciting racial hatred after comparing Muslim street prayers to the Nazi Occupation.

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Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front (FN), has been ordered to stand trial in October on charges of inciting racial hatred after comparing Muslim street prayers to the Nazi occupation, legal sources said Tuesday, reports FRANCE 24.

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