The president of the gathering of Muslims of France, Anouar Kbibech, believes that his co-religionists must take "concrete actions" on the ground to fight against radicalization.
On Europe 1, the former president of the CFCM insists on the need for clearer communication of Islam in France.
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Islam in France is seeking its response to extremism.
Three large mosques and Muslim federations gathered at the Paris Mosque on Monday condemned "unwarranted calls to boycott French products".
They also launched avenues for reflection on possible responses to combat radicalization.
For Anouar Kbibech, president of the gathering of Muslims in France and guest of Europe 1, Tuesday morning, this notably involves the establishment of a "Grenelle for the prevention of radicalization".
More "policy statements"
The one who is also the former president of the French Council of the Muslim religion affirms that "there must be a clear speech" of the Muslims, assuming the need to better convey the anti-radicalization messages.
"With their institutions, their federations, their components, they do it, but perhaps not in an audible and credible way. We need to strengthen our communication."
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Basically, Anouar Kbibech militates for "concrete actions on the ground" against radicalization, and not simply "declarations of principle", one month after Emmanuel Macron's speech on separatism and two weeks after the decapitation of the professor Samuel Paty.
A "counter-speech" in the face of hatred
"We have started to imagine a number of concrete actions, such as developing a counter-speech" to hate speech, he continues.
"This work of clarification, high theological level for the contextualization of a number of verses of the Qur'an and hadîths (the words of the Prophet), can only be done by Muslims."
Finally, "we also called for the establishment of a Grenelle on the prevention of radicalization, because the question of radicalization and terrorism is multidimensional and multifactorial. It concerns political, economic and social actors. and religious. "
This is the meaning of the appeal launched Monday in Paris by several bodies of Islam in France: "Everyone must unite to overcome this scourge of modern times."