The next generation of imams fighting for a French Islam

The October murder of the teacher Samuel Paty by an 18-year-old radical Islamist in France has reignited debates about the compatibility of Islam with French values like free speech. French imams like Mohamed Bajrafil are trying to fight extremism by preaching a modern Islam, encouraging young Muslims to embrace French values and working with the French government to train more imams in France rather than send them abroad.

Europe, NewsJade LévinNovember 25, 2020Jade Lévin, Islam, France, France terrorism, Mohammed VI Institute for the Training of Imams, radical Islam, Primary Feature, radicaliazation, Islamic extremism, Emmanuel Macron, Islam des Lumieres, Foundation for Islam in France, Muslim, Secondary Feature Comment

Macron is right to defend free speech in France, denounce Islamists

(OPINION) The Oct. 16, 2020 terrorist beheading of French schoolteacher Samuel Paty has galvanized France and led to increased international tensions. French President Macron has portrayed the conflict not as a lone terrorist attack but as a war between Islamists and France that is a conflict of ideologies.

Address

Contact

Information