Posts tagged Mohammed VI Institute for the Training of Imams
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.

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The Moroccan school training women imams to combat extremism
The Moroccan school training women imams to combat extremism

Institutes for training imams are common across Africa, but the Rabat-based Mohammed VI Institute for the Training of Imams stands out because it welcomes female students to become spiritual guides. Since the late-1990s, Morocco has promoted moderate Islam to push back against radicalism at home and as an antidote to the Wahhabi tradition of Saudi Arabia with its links to Salafi jihadism. Morroco’s King Mohammed VI believes women are part of the solution.

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