France, Oct. 20 -- France has ordered the temporary closure of a mosque in the Paris suburb of Pantin for its role in stepping up an online campaign against the teacher murdered last week for showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in class.

The Grand Mosque of Pantin, a suburb to the northeast of the capital,shared a video on its Facebook page before the attack, venting anger towards Samuel Paty, the teacher beheaded over a lesson in which he showed the cartoons to students.

The mosque was ordered to remain closed for six months "for the sole purpose of preventing acts of terrorism", read a notice from state officials.

The father of a 13-year-old girl in Paty's class, who may not have been in school the day of the lesson, publisheda ...