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A photo taken on August 2, 2016 shows the entrance of a halal butchery in Lille, northern France. The question of the financing of the Muslim Faith, now considered to be insufficiently transparent, continues to shake the political class, after a new opinion pirce by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls in the French newspaper Liberation, where the Prime Minister does not rule out "a form of public funding." "A Funding by the faithuls throw a traditional manner or a newer one like the halal or the crowdfunding is quite possible and it is more consistent with the vision of our country" he pleaded. (Photo by PHILIPPE HUGUEN / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP via Getty Images)