On October 2, after his speech on "separatism", Emmanuel Macron asked the central territorial intelligence service to collect the reactions of Muslims in France and internationally.
In its concluding note, this service points out that two points go wrong with the rigorists: the limitation of home schooling and the end of the secondment of imams.
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Mixed feedback.
According to information from Europe 1, just after his speech on "separatism" on October 2, Emmanuel Macron asked his government to take the pulse of Muslims in France and around the world.
A task inherited from the central territorial intelligence service (SCRT), under the leadership of the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin.
And according to the confidential conclusion note produced by this service to which Europe 1 had access, two subjects posed a problem in the speech of the Head of State: the end of the secondment of imams and the "strict limitation, in particular to the imperatives of health "home education.
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A measure that does not pass with rigorous Muslims, in particular with the Muslim Brotherhood who appear, according to the Ministry of the Interior, as the first defenders of home schooling.
The central territorial intelligence service also notes that the French ultra-left denounces a stigmatization of Muslims and plans demonstrations in the coming weeks.
An Islamophobic discourse for Turkey
Abroad, feedback on the speech came through French embassies in the Arab world: in Turkey, Islamophobic speech is condemned, while in Egypt, the imam of the Al-Azhar mosque, whose speech is sacred in the Sunni world, speaks of racist speech.
For his part, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed ben Salman, told the Elysee that he supported Emmanuel Macron's desire to better control the funding of the pilgrimage to Mecca of French Muslims.
Furthermore, this confidential note from the SCRT indicates that moderate Muslims generally welcomed Emmanuel Macron's speech, while promising to be vigilant on the application of the future law.