The mayor of a town in the Southeastern parts of France is sending out tweets calling for the banning of Islam in France, media reports said.
"We must ban the Muslim faith in France," the mayor of Venelles, Robert Chardon, wrote in his tweets.
Since Thursday, he has been sending out various tweets with the anti-Muslim message.
Chardon represents the Union for a Popular Movement party, one of the largest conservative parties in France, and that of former president Nicolas Sarkozy. He is also vice president of the Organization of Municipalities around Aix-en-Provence.
"We also need a Marshall Plan to send Muslims to countries where the religion is practiced," he said in his tweets.
According to him, Islam belongs to the Maghreb and France should welcome more of its "brothers" among the Oriental Christians.
He also said France's 1905 secularism law -- which guarantees freedom of religion -- should be removed and " the Republic should promotes the practice of the Christian faith”.
Under the terms of French law, Chardon could be liable for criminal prosecution for making these remarks.
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