Friday, 09 Apr 2021 10:05 PM MYT Muslim worshippers arrive for the Friday prayers to the Grande Mosquee de Pantin (Pantin Great Mosque) on the day of its reopening in Pantin, a northern Paris suburb, on April 9, 2021. — AFP pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. PARIS, April 9 — A Paris mosque that became a focal point in the controversy over the place of Islam in France reopened today after a six-month closure following a clampdown on Islamist radicals sparked by the beheading of a teacher last October. Some 200 worshippers returned for Friday prayers at the 1,300-person capacity mosque in Pantin on the northern outskirts of Paris, an AFP correspondent said.