One year has passed since the adoption and implementation of a document called the “Charter of Islamic Principles” by the French government; during this time, the French Muslim Council was dissolved, and austerity forced three Islamic associations that initially refused to sign the charter to join.
According to Pak Sahafat news agency, one year has passed since the French government decided to implement a document called the “Charter of Islamic Principles in France”; the charter was initially rejected by a number of Islamic associations because of its distrust and the danger it posed to the unity of Muslims in France.
These days, AFP reports that three opposition Islamic associations have joined the charter, citing an increase in austerity. Because in the event of the dissolution of the French Muslim Council, which was practically the national organization of the country’s Islamic associations, the opposition groups had virtually no other choice.
Van Minot information base wrote in an article: In recent weeks, tensions in the French Muslim Council have risen due to disagreements between the affiliated associations over joining the charter and the French Interior Ministry’s insistence on implementing the charter. Until the Ministry of Interior decided to form a “National Council of Imams” with the plan to dissolve the council. Finally, three Islamic associations announced that they would sign the Charter of Islamic Principles in France. One of the associations issued a statement calling on other groups in the French Muslim Council to join the new council.
Euronews had previously reported on the plan: The French government believes that the charter is in the interests of the “republic” and that issues such as equality between men and women, the separation of religion from politics and the fight against extremism by French Muslim leaders have been among the priorities of this plan.
The plan was initially supported by Mohammad Mousavi, the French Muslim Council’s co-ordinator, who said the charter was passed to respect the values ​​of the French Republic.
Thus, the French Muslim Council officially joined the charter by signing it, but not all the affiliated associations were satisfied with signing it, and this charter ignited the fire of disagreement and dissension in this council from the very beginning.
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From the very beginning of the controversy in the French Muslim Council, the Express had predicted that the controversy, which began with the signing or not of the charter approved by the government of Emmanuel Macron, would lead to the dissolution of the council, which eventually happened.
In November, the Elysee announced the establishment of the National Council of Imams (CNI) in France as part of the fight against what he called radical Islam and “separatism,” but the official announcement of its launch was postponed. The council is set to issue credentials for future imams based on their religious knowledge and teaching skills. Some sources familiar with the council’s details described it as a complete cripple of Islamic sites in France.
Finally, two weeks ago, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmann officially announced the end of the French Muslim Council with the start of the National Council of Imams, so that all Islamic groups could operate in a direction determined and dictated by the government.
Closure of French mosques; Another French government step to confront Islam
Insistence on the implementation of the Charter of Islamic Principles in France is not the first action of the French government in interfering in the affairs of Muslims and Islamic countries. Less than a month ago, the French Interior Minister in an interview with the television network B.F.M.T, in an anti-Islamic statement, stated: Of the 99 mosques suspected of extremism, 21 have been closed and six more are under investigation. It was also stated that those mosques that have accepted the government’s orders have been removed from the list of mosques suspected of extremism.
The extremist and violent attacks that took place in the name of Islam, especially in recent years in France, paved the way for anti-Islamic government actions under the pretext of countering extremism and terrorism.
With a population of about 6 million Muslims and one of the largest Muslim communities in Western Europe, it has launched anti-Islamic actions in recent years. Perhaps such actions were expected from extremist parties that do not have power today.