Local chapters of the French Council for the Muslim Cult refuse reforms.

Vitre Ma Ville 16.04.2013 In an interview with the President of the Regional Council of the Muslim Cult in Bretagne (CRCM), Mustafa Aslan, he expresses  how the recent reforms made by the national chapter of the French Council for the Muslim Cult (CFCM) are rejected by a number of local chapters. The reforms do, according…

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French Council of the Muslim Faith commends French President

14 January 2013   In a communiqué released by the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), the organization praises the French President’s avoidance of the term ‘islamist’ and ‘islamism’ in his recent speech, announcing French support to the Malian government’s battle against armed rebels.   The CFCM salutes the President’s precaution and brings to…

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French Muslims demand ban of far-right group after attack on mosque

The Globe and Mail – October 22, 2012   The French Muslim Council (CFCM) has urged the government to ban a far-right group that occupied a mosque and issued a “declaration of war” against what it called the Islamisation of France. CFCM President Mohammed Moussaoui said the Council also wanted better protection for mosques and…

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French Minister of the Interior seeks to put an end to the “instrumentalization” of Islam

News Agencies – July 27, 2012 French Minister of the Interior, Manuel Valls, has said he wants to reinforce Islam in France “in the interests of French Muslims and of France.” Valls noted that he wants to see an end to an “instrumentalization” of Islam as the French Conseil of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) remains…

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French Council of the Muslim Faith torn by factional split

News agencies – July 13, 2012   France’s main Muslim organization is in crisis after the oldest Paris mosque announced that it was leaving on 11 July 2012. Founded by Nicolas Sarkozy when he was interior minister in 2003, the French Muslim Council (CFCM) is torn by factional disputes as it discusses reforming its structure….

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