Turbulence in the Islam of France
Mohammed Moussaoui, president of the French Council of Muslim Worship (2nd left) and other members of the CFCM, in the courtyard of the Elysee Palace, in Paris, January 18, 2021. © Ludovic MARIN / AFP
By: Geneviève Delrue
2 min
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World Religions - Sunday January 31, 2021 - 10:10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Paris time
After the refusal of three federations of the CFCM (French Council of Muslim Worship) to sign the charter of principles for the Islam of France which clearly takes a position against political Islam, the rectors of the mosques of Lyon and Villeurbanne Kamel Kabtane and Azzedine Gaci contested the lack of prior consultation.
The sociologist specializing in religion and Islam
Omero Marongiu-Perria
analyzes this new crisis.
Among the non-signatories of the charter, two Franco-Turkish federations: the Coordination Committee of Turkish Muslims in France (CCMTF) and Millî Görüs.
The first is an emanation of Dinayet, the Turkish Ministry of Religious Affairs, the second is the French branch of this ultranationalist confederation close to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Focus on Franco-Turkish Islam
with
Samim Akgönül,
director of the Department of Turkish Studies at the University of Strasbourg.
He published "New Turkey and the Franco-Turks: a Complex Interdependence" (L'Harmattan 2020)
.
Interview with Mgr Dominique Rey, Bishop of Toulon-Fréjus
.
In his diocese, he rubs shoulders with many Muslims and has published "Islam: threat or challenge?"
(Artège-2019).
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