French Muslim leader slams refusals to sign charter on republican principles
Issued on: France s Muslim Council is divided over the charter THOMAS COEX AFP 5 min The head of France’s umbrella Muslim association, the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), has criticised three Islamic groups for their refusal to sign a charter intended to demonstrate that Islam is in line with the principles and laws of France. Advertising Read more
The Committee for Coordination of Turkish Muslims in France (CCMTF), the Milli Gorus Islamic Confederation – both of which cater for Muslims of Turkish origin – as well as the Faith and Practice Movement, announced on Wednesday that they would not sign the republican charter.
Three Muslim groups in France snub anti-extremism charter Three of eight federations belonging to France s main council of Muslims have refused to sign a document renouncing political Islam and religious intolerance
In a rally in support of the Syrian rebels in Aleppo, Paris, December 17, 2016. There is contradiction to try to fight against foreign interference and political Islam with federations financed by foreign countries. (Photo by LEON TANGUY/MAXPPP)
Three Muslim federations in France have refused to sign an anti-extremism charter, revealing a division between them and five other Islamic groups that are signatories to the document.
French President Emmanual Macron has pushed the republican charter in the wake of a spate of Islamist terrorist attacks in the county.
The head of France's main Muslim organisation on Thursday slammed a "unilateral" move by three Islamic groups not to sign up to an anti-extremism charter championed by President Emmanuel Macron. Macron wants French Muslim groups to sign up to the charter as he seeks to secure France's secular system in the wake of a spate of attacks blamed on Islamist radicals in 2020. But the Committee for Coordination of Turkish Muslims in France (CCMTF) and.