Qatar sues French far-right official for attacks comment

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Qatar said on Monday it was suing a senior member of France's far-right National Front who accused it of funding Islamist extremism in the days after January's deadly attacks in France on a satirical magazine and Jewish foodstore. Florian Philippot, the vice-president of the anti-immigrant party, accused Qatar and Saudi Arabia of "funding an Islamism that kills" during a radio interview aired on Jan. 9, two days after gunmen killed 12 during an attack on the Charlie Hebdo weekly k**wn for its caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad. "Mr Philippot has repeatedly and publicly implied a link between these terrorist acts and the State of Qatar, affecting the reputation of Qatar and all its citizens," the Gulf state said in a statement distributed by its Paris embassy.

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