The Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin devoted Friday his first cult visit to the Jewish religion while attending the Shabbat office at the great synagogue of Victory in Paris, AFP noted. The Chief Rabbi of France Haïm Korsia saw in the Minister of Worship's visit a " great symbolism ", " full of hope ", whereas " 80 years ago, day for day, the Republic disappeared with the vote of full powers to Pétain ”.
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Welcomed by Haïm Korsia, the president of the Consistory Joël Mergui, the president of Crif Francis Kalifat and the rabbi Moshe Sebbag of the great synagogue, Gérald Darmanin visited the building and the war memorials for France of the Jewish community during the two World Wars.
At the end of the office he attended, the Minister of the Interior said he had " contacted all the representatives of religions ". " The Minister of Worship, he said, must guarantee to all believing citizens that they have an unwavering freedom to believe in their religion ." “ The Jews of France had to know many unspeakable acts. To attack the Jews of France is to attack the Republic ”, continued Gérald Darmanin, insisting on“ the total support of the government ”.
He said he would " probably " go to Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray for the commemoration of the assassination of the priest Jacques Hamel, on July 26, 2016, by two radical Islamists. He also contacted the president of the CFCM (French Council for Muslim Worship) for " a visit in the coming days to the mosque of his choice ".