The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Macron announces gradual end to "seconded imams" sent from other countries

2020-02-18T18:17:55.243Z


The head of state announced Tuesday in Mulhouse measures to fight "Islamist separatism".


Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that France will gradually stop welcoming " seconded imams " sent by other countries, such as Turkey and Algeria, while increasing the number of imams trained in France.

Read also: Emmanuel Macron seeks the answer to Islamist "separatism"

In addition to these 300 detached imams, the Head of State also announced, during a trip to Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin) devoted to the fight against " Islamist separatism ", that the reception of the 300 or so will be ended. chanters ”received annually during Ramadan.

" Our enemy is separatism " but "to make a plan against Islam would be a deep mistake ", declared the president of the Republic. "Islamist separatism is incompatible with freedom and equality, incompatible with the indivisibility of the Republic and the necessary unity of the nation," he also said in a speech to local officials and residents of the neighborhood. from Bourtzwiller.

Read also: The State strengthens its fight against Islamism, communitarianism and sects

Source: lefigaro

All news articles on 2020-02-18

You may like

News/Politics 2024-03-11T06:19:56.435Z

Trends 24h

News/Politics 2024-03-28T06:04:53.137Z
News/Politics 2024-03-28T05:25:00.011Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.