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The shadows of the Muslim association for Islam in France

2020-02-17T16:59:43.223Z


One year after the announcement of its creation in January 2019, AMIF is at the heart of a recurring controversy. Members of the association are suspected of being close to the Muslim Brotherhood.


Miracle solution or dangerous dead end? In January 2019, the announcement of the creation of a Muslim Association for Islam in France created a small event. Some saw it as a future major player, dubbed by the Élysée, or even the competitor of a weakened CFCM. Its inspiration, Hakim El Karoui, is then known for two reports from the Montaigne Institute: "A French Islam is possible" in 2016 and "The factory of Islamism" in 2018. Essayist and strategy consultant, this former member of the Raffarin firm and ex-collaborator of the Rothschild bank, where he would have crossed Emmanuel Macron, is also author of L'Islam, une religion française (Gallimard). In his remarks and in his daily column L'Opinion , he regularly warns against Islamism. For him, AMIF is notably a “regulator” of opaque markets such as that of pilgrimage, halal or other economic activities related to Islam, collecting money to reinvest it in independence and transparency.

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Source: lefigaro

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