Emmanuel Macron met the religious authorities on Wednesday, whom he thanked for their ability to "offer a link" in this period of health crisis.
The Head of State delivered a speech to representatives of religions - Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist - gathered at the Elysee Palace.
Jean Castex and Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, were also present.
"He stressed that he was vigilant against anything that could be hate speech," said François Clavairoly, president of the Protestant Federation of France (FPF), interviewed by AFP.
A mission on anti-religious acts
Emmanuel Macron also recalled that 1,400 anti-religious acts (insults, vandalism, desecration) had been recorded in France since January 2021 (down 17% compared to the previous year), he added.
He specified that each cult would meet in the coming weeks with the two deputies responsible for a mission on anti-religious acts, Ludovic Mendes (LREM) and Isabelle Florennes (Modem).
“He thanked the cults for their mobilization since the start of the Covid crisis, for their ability to offer links, in times of mourning, isolation, etc.
“, For his part reported Hugues de Woillemont, secretary general of the Conference of Bishops of France (CEF).
Creation of a Forum de l'islam de France
According to him, he also "thanked the (Catholic) Church of France for having commissioned the report of the Ciase (Independent Commission on sexual abuse in the Church since the 1950s)" and for the "decisions taken by the bishops In favor of the victims.
Emmanuel Macron also confirmed the creation of a Forum de l'islam de France (Forif), a form of representation of Islam based on departmental actors and no longer under the supervision of federations of mosques affiliated to countries (Morocco, Turkey, Algeria).
“It is about developing the current bodies.
This reform involves an overhaul of the CFCM ”(French Council of Muslim Worship), declared Mohammed Moussaoui, president of this body who was until recently the historical interlocutor of the public authorities.
"The idea is to have representative bodies from the departments, this is my long-standing position, I am delighted," he said.
Religions in the countryside
According to the participants, the question of the presidential election was not raised.
The CEF must publish, on January 18, a text in which it will recall "its points of attention for the elections".
The FPF for its part will publish on February 1 an "address to candidates" with ten important questions in its eyes (reception of refugees, education, poverty, racism, secularism, etc.).
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