Le Pen says anti-Islam agenda is vindicated

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says her anti-Islam agenda has been vindicated after a French Muslim claiming ties to al-Qaida took responsibility for the country’s worst killing spree in years.

The spectre of radical Islam’s grip on France has threatened to shake up France’s presidential race, in which socialist François Hollande has long been the favourite to unseat the divisive conservative president, Nicolas Sarkozy.