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Court overturns police ban on Muslim gathering near Paris

Visitors attend the annual meeting of the French Muslim community on 30 March, 2018 at Le Bourget, north of Paris. AFP - JACQUES DEMARTHON

The Paris Administrative Court on Friday suspended a police ban on a major Muslim gathering near the capital less than two hours before it was due to begin, allowing the event to go ahead.

Paris police had banned the annual gathering north of the capital, citing a "major terrorist risk" and saying the event might be targeted by small far-right groups.

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