French Muslims want new blood injected into the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), the country’s main representative body, to redress deficiencies and start a new chapter. “Five years after the council came into being, it is time for a second reading to its policies,” Larbi Kechat, the rector of the Ad Dawa mosque…
The Paris Grand Mosque and the city’s Catholic university are teaming up to offer university education for imams, hoping to promote a more modern Islam and integrate immigrant community leaders into France. The offered courses include study in the social and economic sciences, and are meant to encourage a better comprehension of French culture and…
By Daniel Strieff PARIS – Mustapha Tougui says he has the Quran in his blood. The Moroccan-born, Saudi-educated lecturer at the Muslim theological institute at the Paris Grand Mosque uses earthy language as he tries to preserve what he calls his students’ spiritual hygiene. His enthusiasm is infectious. “If you eat always your mother’s cooking,…
