Conseil français du culte musulman
The Conseil français du culte musulman (CFCM; French Council of Muslim Cult ) is an Islamic umbrella organization in France . It was founded on May 28, 2003. In addition to the headquarters, there are 25 regional councils corresponding to the 26 regions of the country ( French : Conseil Regional du Culte Musulman, CRCM ).
There are correspondences among Catholics, Protestants and Jews: The country's Catholic Church is represented by the Bishops' Conference , the Protestants by the Protestant Confederation , the Jews by the Consistoire central israélite .
Emergence
The CFCM was founded in 2003 with the support of the then French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and has since been considered the de facto representative of Muslims in France. These come mainly from Algeria and Morocco .
When it was founded, the Interior Ministry stipulated that the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris , Dalil Boubakeur , would be appointed President of the CFCM regardless of the outcome of the elections. One of the founding members is Soheib Bencheikh . The Moroccan Mohammed Moussaoui has been President of the Council since the June 8, 2008 election.
tasks
Among other things , the CFCM is involved in the construction of mosques , the development of guidelines for the trade in halāl products, the training of imams , the organization of pilgrimages ( Hajj / Umra ) and the establishment of Muslim prison and hospital chaplaincy and in the army. He also sets the fasting days in the month of Ramadan .
Public perception and criticism
Critics objected that, according to the principles of secularism, there is no need for an official representation of religious groups that dominate social dialogue.
Observers fear that in view of the meager work record of the CFCM and the rivalry of the associations, the mistrust of the younger generations towards the CFCM will increase and that the CFCM will only be perceived as an authority in the service of foreign countries and as an assembly of dignitaries.
After a 16-year-old French woman said "I hate religion, the Koran is full of hate ... your religion sucks" and had to go to school and go into hiding with relatives because of threats, said CFCM General Delegate Abdallah Zekri Understanding of the threats: “Anyone who sows the wind must reckon with the storm.” He also stated: “The girl knows what she is saying. (...) She has insulted religion, now she has to bear the consequences of her words ”.
elections
2003
In the run-up to the election in April of that year, the French interior minister had already negotiated that the president of the Islamic Council to be elected should become the liberal head of the Algerian mosque community in Paris, Dalil Boubakeur. Six of the 41 seats went to the Algerian-dominated Association of the Paris Mosque (GMP), 16 seats were won by the Morocco-supported “National Federation of French Muslims” (FNMF), and 13 seats went to the “Union of French Islamic Associations”, which is considered Islamic "(UOIF). Independent lists and representatives of the overseas department of La Réunion shared another six seats among themselves. 22 other MPs had been previously appointed by the French authorities. Not until 2005 are all representatives to be elected. The 16-member board of directors that presides over the Islamic Council was, however, appointed by the French government in December 2002 - as were Boubakeur's two deputies, who are provided by the FNME and the UOIF.
Of the total of 1342 mosques in the republic, 992 took part in the election. It was critically noted that the number of delegates to be elected in the mosques did not depend on the number of believers united by them, but on the size of the mosque's floor plan. There was no woman among the 4,032 delegates.
2008
The work of the CFCM was mostly paralyzed by internal rivalries for the first five years.
The Moroccans won both elections (then under the name FNMF) and are now running under the name “Assembly of Muslims in France” (RMF). Interior Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie failed in Algiers and Rabat when trying to renew this “deal”. The CFCM was facing the first open election.
Although the Grand Mosque in Paris (GMP) represents the symbolic center of Islam in France, it is only the third largest group alongside the Moroccan-dominated RMF and the UOIF, which is said to be close to the Muslim Brotherhood. The Algerian-dominated GMP threatened to boycott the upcoming election.
As expected, the election was won by the RMF (which has effectively replaced the FNMF as a competing organization) and the President of the RMF was appointed President of the CFCM. In protest, the GMP held on to the distribution of the number of delegates in its election boycott.
The pressure for this is said to have come from the Algerian government, which demanded the chairmanship of the CFCM on behalf of the old Franco-Algerian relations. The June 9 election was won by the RMF with 43.2% of the vote, ahead of the UOIF (30.2%) and the CCMTF (Turkish Muslims, 12.7%).
Islamic interest groups in France
| group | French name | German name | Alignment | 2003 | 2005 | 2008 | 2011 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FNMF | Fédération nationale des musulmans de France | National Federation of Muslims of France | Moroccan | 16 mandates | 19 mandates | Waiver | 1 mandate | - |
| RMF | Rassemblement des musulmans de France | Assembly of Muslims in France | Moroccan | - | - | 43.2% | 30 mandates | 25 mandates |
| UOIF | Union des organizations islamiques de France | Union of Islamic Associations of France | Muslim Brotherhood | 13 mandates | 10 mandates | boycott | boycott | 2 mandates |
| GMP | Grande Mosquée de Paris | (Network of) Paris mosques | Algerian | 6 mandates | 10 mandates | boycott | 2 mandates | 8 mandates |
| CCMTF | Comité de coordination des musulmans turcs de France | "Coordination Council of Turkish Muslims in France" | Turkish | - | 1 mandate | 12.7% | 5 mandates | 6 mandates |
| FFAIACA | Fédération française des associations islamiques d'Afrique, des Comores et des Antilles | Africa and overseas departments | 6 mandates | - | 13.9% | - | - | |
| - | Federation "Invitation and mission for the foi et la pratique" | |||||||
| - | Independent mosques | 3 mandates | 3 mandates | 2 mandates |
See also
Web links
- Official website of the CFCM (French)
- The CFCM on Twitter
- Information on the French Council for Muslim Cult (CFCM) on a Vatican website, April 6, 2004
- Information on the CFCM can be found on the registration page of non-profit organizations in the Journal officiel de la République française
- CFCM dossier : Un dossier très complet de Portail Religion
- France 24: Interview with the chairman Mohammed Moussaoui (2008)
Individual evidence
- ↑ A burqa barrier. How Islamic headgear can stop a woman becoming French. , The Economist, July 17, 2008
- ^ A b c Humanistic press service: Notes from France: Sharp disputes between the 5 million organizationally divided Muslims , June 25, 2008
- ↑ Michaela Wiegel: “I say what I think. I am not a racist ”. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January 30, 2020, accessed on January 31, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Islamrat elected , Information Platform Religion of May 22, 2003
- ^ Uncertain future for France's Muslim council , Reuters, May 5, 2008
- ↑ After long delay, French Muslim council may get down to work ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Reuters June 11, 2008
- ^ Algerian-backed Grand Mosque boycotts vote. Moroccan prof to lead French Muslim council. , Al-Arabia, June 22, 2008
- ↑ Gudrun Eussner: Mosque areas in the west, area conquered by Islam ( Memento of the original from September 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
