The violent storm dividing the national authorities of Islam in France at the start of Ramadan could lead to the collapse of the French Council for Muslim Worship (CFCM).
At least in its current form.
The “holy month” of Ramadan, which begins on Tuesday and during which the five million Muslims living on French soil are called upon to practice alms and total daytime fasting, should proceed calmly.
But the French organization of their religion should experience significant changes in the coming months.
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Designed in 2003 by Nicolas Sarkozy, then Minister of the Interior, the centralized and pyramidal mode of the CFCM, with elected mosques - but also many co-opted personalities - sees its days numbered.
While he has always been the subject of harsh internal criticism, he is now in the throes of an internal war that could prove fatal.
The nine large federations which founded this institution are in fact divided into three blocks, with hyphenation
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