Dec. 11, 2003 France shuts two radical Islam nursery schools By ASSOCIATED PRESS French officials have closed two Paris region nursery schools with alleged Islamic fundamentalist tendencies, the Interior Minister announced. "Le Jardin des Enfants" and "La Tribune des Enfants" in the Hauts-de-Seine region west of the capital were shut last week after officials were alerted to their suspected ties to radical Islam and administrative irregularities. Announcing the closures, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy described the schools as "illegal schooling establishments under Salafist influence." Salafists promote a strict interpretation of Islam. Sarkozy was speaking Wednesday in parliament. He said 101 people...