Islam in France remains undermined by divisions.
Between the federations, they even turn to fratricidal war.
A new act of disintegration could take place this weekend.
He ultimately threatens the French Council for Muslim Worship (CFCM) created in 2003.
At stake: the management of imams in France.
While the CFCM is preparing to create in mid-December the National Council of Imams (CNI) as voted and announced in November 2020, four dissident federations including the Grand Mosque of Paris and Muslims of France, the former UOIF come from 'announce that they will create, this Sunday, a National Council of Imams.
Project almost identical to that of the CFCM but totally competing!
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The ambition of this National Council of Imams is to control the recruitment, training, validation of the imam's diploma, its compatibility with republican values, the status of the imam, his appointment in mosques.
The goal is to put an end to the influence of imams from abroad.
There are 300 listed in France, paid
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