PARIS (AP) - About 150 people protested Saturday outside the site of a conference in Paris Organized Thurs criticize the "Islamization" of Europe.
Protesters Held banners reading "United Against Islamophobia" and "Fascists, Get Out of Our Neighborhoods." Socialist Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë HAD asked police to Ban the conference, But police allowed it to go forward under surveillance.
The conference was Organized by Several French groups, Including Nationalist Political group Bloc Identitaire, That Frequently complain about what They see as Islam's Growing Influence over traditional French values. France has Western Europe's largest Muslim population.
Several Hundred People Attended the conference, Which Also was broadcast over the Internet.
"Resistance against Islamization is alive. Nothing CAN stop it!" Bloc Identitaire wrote in a statement about the conference is the ITS website.
Several speakers Came from outside France. Oskar Freysinger, a lawmaker with the Nationalist Swiss People's Party, arrived wearing a bullet proof vest and accompanied by Bodyguards. Freysinger HAD campaigned last year to Ban the construction of minarets in Switzerland - a Law That drew international condemnation Voters Approved "when it in Defiance of a government Recommendation.
At the lunch break, Organizers served wine and pork sausage - typical of France Products That are shunned by Many Muslims. Alcohol and pork are forbidden by Islam.
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