Dalil Boubaker, president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), on Saturday called for doubling the number of mosques in France by two years to address the lack of places of worship for millions of Muslims.
“We have 2,200 mosques. It takes two years here twice “, has he said on Saturday at the annual gathering of Muslims in France, organized by the Union of Islamic Organisations of France (UOIF) at Le Bourget.
“7 million Muslims” of France, current mosques “not enough” , said the president of the CFCM, who is also rector of the Mosque of Paris.
Dalil Boubaker did not specify how these mosques could be financed, as the government seeks to avoid their financing by foreign states.
“Self” to the Bishops of France
The spokesman of the Episcopal Conference of France, Archbishop Ribadeau-Dumas, said Sunday “legitimate” this will. “Muslims are like Christians and Jews to practice their religion” , has he said on Europe 1.
The National Front has said in contrast to “total opposition” with this proposal “absurd and dangerous” . “The biggest blur flat today about the origin and funding of projects mosques in France. Financial support by some foreign states [...] who have links with the worst jihadist movements in the world, is a clear threat to national security “, he wrote in a statement.
Under the 1905 law, the state does not fund the building of places of worship but the authorities can intervene by guaranteeing loans or signing long leases.
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