The French mediapart said that an unseen anger against anti-Muslim policies had begun to take shape, as it announced a mass demonstration on Sunday in Paris, despite the dispersion of mobilization efforts after the ban on the group behind the 2019 demonstration against Islamophobia.

In an article written by Le Sirah, the site stated that the reaction of French Muslims has been under censorship since the government launched its attack on what it calls "separatism". However, the refusal has finally left the mosques, and the wind is against the "Imams Charter" project, which is a document written with dictation of authority Executive by a handful of officials of the French Council of the Islamic Faith, President Emmanuel Macron wants it to accompany the structure of the imamate in France.

The site said that last December it revealed how this text - which was supposed to regulate the function of the imamate in the country - turned into a ready-made scheme targeting all Muslims in France.

This made 3 of the eight mosque unions that are members of the French Council of Islamic Worship, categorically refuse to sign it, despite the great pomp that was presented in the Elysee.

At the time, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanan threatened in the press, saying, "We will look at what will happen in the places of worship that they run ..." However, now the matter - as the site says - is no longer about 3 unions, but rather about hundreds of mosques that joined the front of rejection.

Last Wednesday, 500 Islamic leaders - including "100 imams, 50 teachers of Islamic sciences, 50 heads of associations and 300 students of Islamic sciences" - created a forum calling for an end to "exceptional" measures targeting French Muslims.

The opposition takes shape

Among the signatories in this forum - as the site says - are very consensual religious figures and others more strict. The Dignity Forum says, "No other sect is subject to the same treatment and the same criminalization, as associations, places of worship and religious leaders are questioned in order to deliver a message."

This is in reference to the threats made by the Minister of the Interior 3 days after the assassination of history professor Samuel Patti, when the minister announced the dissolution and inspection of associations "without necessarily being connected to the investigation" of the attack, "but with a desire to send a message."

The criticism of this forum is also directed - depending on the location - to the form that the government chose to pass the "Pact of Imams", as the French Council of Islamic Worship from the point of view of the signatories "is an entity whose representation is recognized only by 7.21% of the Muslims of France", and thus "imposing conditions for political control." The ideology is not accepted by any other sect, which is a dangerous precedent. "

According to the site, the criticism directed at this body is not new, as criticism of its lack of representation has increased since its establishment by former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, especially with the attempts of successive governments to use this body for political purposes. However, the situation this time - as Media Bart sees - seems more sensitive. , Where the battle of the "Charter of the Imams" resolved the rupture that theoretically existed between what Muslims call "the Islam of the palace" represented in the Grand Mosque in Paris, and "field Islam" represented in independent mosques outside political agendas.

The site indicated that this battle also accelerated the rupture between the local federation and the national federations, as some of them - although affiliated with the Supreme Council of the Islamic Religion - organized a crisis meeting denouncing the "strange passion" for writing this text and "the complete absence of consultation", and announced his departure from the project.

The site listed many mosques in various French cities that followed the same path attacking the imams ’charter and the law of" separatism ", explaining that the formation of a group of 100 mosques opposed to the" charter "was not easy, especially since" many mosques were afraid to see their names. " Exhibited, "says one of the signatures mobilization agents, adding," Today we have reached 175 sites. "

Yasser Al-Lawati, a former spokesman for the Association Against Islamophobia in France, says that "a dispute has begun to arise between the mosques and their followers," and therefore she has no choice but to engage in the debate.

Today, after months of silence - according to MediaPart - ideas began to crystallize about how to oppose the government, and initiatives spread on the network, such as the hashtag # Do not touch my imam, which was launched by the "Milli Gorus" union, which the government has been monitoring since its refusal to sign the "Imams Charter", as well as Some Muslims have launched the hashtag # We will not be silent, with a slogan painted on banners on the form calling for the liberation of high school girls kidnapped in Nigeria by Boko Haram.

Dispersed filling

"It is a society that does not have a culture of mobilization, it is a new reality for it," said Imam of the Chambéry Mosque, Fred Selim, referring to the fear of revenge that is likely to be an obstacle to the participation of French Muslims.

The imam of Chambéry had signed a call for mobilization published on February 7 by the Coordinator against the Law of Separatism, and signed by various groups, including the French Jewish Union for Peace, the "Anti-Negro Phobia Battalion", and figures involved in interfaith dialogue, such as Rabbi Gabriel Hagai, Academics such as François Burgat and journalist Alain Gresh.

A march is scheduled to be held today, Sunday, February 14, in Trocadero, Paris, in the human rights arena, and another was announced on March 20, in conjunction with the establishment of another movement, the Front Against Islamophobia, which includes about 20 associations founded About sociologist Saeed Bouamama, as she calls for a march on March 21st.

On this basis, Media Bart believes that the mobilization on the street - if confirmed - will be dispersed, and the Imam of the "Pisak" mosque, Abdul Rahman Radwan, says that "the field of resistance against this anti-Islam law has been divided into two or 3 parts."

Whatever the reason, Abd al-Rahman Radwan decided to sign all forums and calls for mobilization that were presented to him.

The reason for this - as Abd al-Rahman Radwan says - is “the necessity of investing all movements because what is happening is a dangerous thing. We are facing a double law that is prepared for us, and the French must understand that this concerns us all. Muslims are targeted today and before us the yellow vests movement was.”