French Muslim ‘polygamist’ charged with welfare fraud
A French Muslim butcher at the centre of a firestorm over polygamy was charged on Wednesday with welfare fraud and his four companions will also face charges, a prosecutor said: Lies Hebbadj, who runs a halal butcher shop in the western city of Nantes, has fathered 15 children and soon will have 17 with the women who received benefits over the past three years totaling 175,000 euros.