The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), which held Tuesday an exceptional meeting of its religious council, announced having commissioned a commission to "define the great signs of radicalism" by the end of the year, in full debate around the practice of Islam in France.
"We have instructed the religious commission (...) to define the big signs that would make it possible not to amalgamate between religiosity and radicalism," Aslam Timol, chairman of the halal commission of the CFCM, told the press promising " very strong announcements "by the end of the year.
"Look for the warning signs"
The religious council of the CFCM met the day after a meeting with Emmanuel Macron who called on Monday to "fight, alongside the state, communitarianism and Islamism." The detection of signs of Islamist radicalism has returned to the debate since the killing at the police headquarters in early October by one of his agents suspected of radicalization.
"Look for the warning signs," said Abdallah Zekri, general delegate of the CFCM and president of the National Observatory against Islamophobia, adding that it is "very difficult". "A police official in office for 16 years has not been detected by his own services, how do you want an imam to detect someone radicalized?", He said. "A rabbi does not touch the women's hand, are we going to tell him 'you are radicalized'?", He asked.
The CFCM denounces a "very tense climate around Islam"
"Carrying a beard, practicing the prayer five times a day at the mosque, practicing Ramadan, some are brought by shortcuts very easy to consider as being signs of radicalism. have everything wrong, "said Aslam Timol.
After Monday's attack on the Bayonne mosque, Abdallah Zekri also called on President Emmanuel Macron to make "strong statements about politicians" who by their "irresponsible" words contribute to creating a "very tense climate" around of Islam