From: www.youtube.com September 16, 2011 – A new law has come into effect in France banning prayer in public spaces across the country. The ban comes in the wake far-right protests over the practice – common among Muslims – of spreading out prayer mats in the streets. The government has provided worshipers with temporary buildings to use. Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland has this report from Paris.FAIR USE NOTICE: This video may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 USC section 106A-117 of the US Copyright Law.