“Presidential election 2022: Zemmour wants to ban ‘cathedral mosques’ so that ‘France remains a landscape of churches,’” translated from “Présidentielle 2022 : Zemmour veut interdire les “mosquées cathédrales” pour que “la France reste un paysage d’églises”,” Valeurs Actuelles, February 10, 2022 (thanks to Medforth):

About twenty French citizens took part in the second episode of “France in sight,” Wednesday February 9, on the set of BFM TV. Asked about his program, but also about current events, Éric Zemmour answered their questions and those asked by Bruce Toussaint. Faced with Karim, a Frenchman of Muslim faith, the candidate of Reconquest! in the presidential election defended the idea that the country should welcome churches rather than mosques, “for cultural reasons.” The author of La France n’a pas dit son dernier mot (France has not yet spoken its last word) has also signified his intention to ban “cathedral mosques,” so that “France remains a landscape of churches,” if he were elected president.

“The conquest of a French territory”

“In France, I don’t want to hear the voice of the muezzin,” Zemmour said before rejecting the construction of cathedral-like mosques, which he said were too big, the news channel reported. He also judged that for “some Muslims” large mosques meant “conquering a French territory”. He continued, “Muslims will of course be able to go to the mosque.” In this context, he referred to “more discreet” buildings.

During the same evening, the former Le Figaro journalist was also asked about the migration issue. He promised a man who called on him to deploy “border guards” at European borders: “It is planned, we will deploy the tools.” Following this statement, Éric Zemmour disclosed that he would “support the idea of building walls on the borders of the European Union” and praised the various initiatives taken by a number of countries such as Hungary. He said that these initiatives “defend European civilization,” but are rejected by other states such as France or Germany.