France Continues Muslim Imam Training

    Launched in January 2008 with a largely male class of 25, courses training Muslim chaplains in France have taken place at the Catholic Institute of Paris. Alongside religious training, the program aims to teach France’s legal, historical and social mores to the largely foreign-born student body. According to Interior Ministry spokesperson Gerard Gauchet, the year-long…

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      France’s Muslims becoming more religious

      France’s Muslim minority, the largest in Europe, is becoming more observant, a new survey by the polling group IFOP said. Religiosity indicators such as following daily prayers, visiting mosques, and fasting Ramadan seemed to be increasing in Muslims partaking in the tenants. The rise appears to reflect a reaction to the discrimination felt by Muslims…

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        French Muslim Council Warns Against Radical Islam

        By Tom Heneghan PARIS – The main mission of France’s Muslim Council is to protect France and its Islamic community from religious radicalism imported from abroad, its moderate leader said on Monday after being reelected for a second term. Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, said the victory of conservative and moderate…

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