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French President Emmanuel Macron gave the leaders of the Islamic religion in France 15 days to draft a letter affirming the republican values of the state and specifying that Islam is “only a religion and not a political movement.”
Officials of the Islamic religion presented to Macron, who received them on Wednesday evening at the Elysee Palace, the guidelines for the formation of a national council of imams charged with issuing credits to Muslim clerics in France and withdrawing them when necessary, that the French president asked to form.
The French presidency said that Macron also asked Muslim leaders “to draft, within 15 days, a charter of republican values that includes an affirmation of recognition of the values of the republic and specifies that Islam in France is a religion and not a political movement. “
He also explained that the French president also requested that the letter “stipulate the end of interference or affiliation with foreign countries.”
The meeting and the council idea sparked a wide debate on social media platforms. French MP Dyard Eric questioned the effectiveness of the Council of Imams, pointing to “the internal divisions they suffer.”
I am skeptical of the ability to #CFCM constantly undermined by internal divisions to actually establish a council of magnets #RTL pic.twitter.com/jTPeQV4GHa
– Eric Diard (@DiardEric) November 19, 2020
“How would France react if associations fighting anti-Semitism in any of the Central European countries become a target of authorities threatening to dissolve them?” Political analyst Francois Burgat wrote on Twitter.
How would France react if, in this or that Central European country, the associations that fight against#antisemitism became the target of the authorities, who would threaten to dissolve them? #CCIF #Macron #Darmanin #Slave #Imophobia
– francois burgat (@frburgat) November 18, 2020
“Macron is not there to regulate religion, but he is there to support secularism and ensure its respect,” said journalist Dyke Odoi.
“I say that #Macron It is not there to organize religion, but to ensure respect for secularism. “@diaz_edwige , member of the BN of @RNational-off reacts to the meeting between the pdt and representatives of the #CFCM yesterday afternoon.
She was the guest at 7:50 am @franceinfo pic.twitter.com/FGYfwNRRCJ– Daïc Audouit (@daicaudouit) November 19, 2020
On Wednesday, the French government put the final touches on a bill against what it calls “Islamic extremism,” announced by President Emmanuel Macron following the assassination of the teacher who had shown offensive cartoons of the Messenger, God bless and grant him. peace, to his students.
The project includes strengthening control over the financing of associations and punishing incitement to hatred through the Internet.
The bill, called the “Republican Values Promotion Bill,” criminalizes anyone who shares information about a person that causes their identity or whereabouts to be revealed to people who want to harm them.
The bill, drafted by Interior Minister Gerald Darmanan and Justice Minister Eric DeBon-Moretti, would require each child to receive an identification number to guarantee that they go to school.
Darmanan told “Le Figaro” newspaper on Wednesday that “we must save our children from the clutches of Islamists.”
The bill also aims to combat hate on the Internet similar to that of the teacher, and ensure the “prompt appearance” of the accused in court, Debon-Moretti told RTL radio.
The bill establishes specific penalties for those exposed to state employees or elected officials for religious reasons (threats, violence or harassment).
The bill establishes that any association that receives financial support must “respect the principles and values of the republic”, and donations from abroad that exceed 10,000 euros will be considered resources that must be declared taxable.
The text seeks to “guarantee the transparency of the conditions for practicing religion” by changing the 1905 law on the separation of church and state in the financing of cultural societies in terms of improving transparency.
One of the chapters of the law also aims to avoid the control of what he calls “extremists” over mosques and to prevent people from going to places of worship “in case of conviction for inciting terrorist acts or inciting discrimination, hatred or violence “.
“We will know who is financing who is on our land and we will give more capacity to the government agency to track the money (to avoid all the unwanted flows,” Darmanan explained to Le Figaro.
With regard to education, the bill provides for the fight against illegal association schools and the end of home education for all children from the age of three “except for very limited reasons related to the child’s situation. or his family. “
There are other chapters on the prohibition of virginity certificates and the strengthening of the legal arsenal against polygamy and forced marriage.
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