Faced with a strong epidemic resurgence, France has taken new health measures, including the mandatory presentation of a vaccination certificate or a negative Covid test in certain places with more than 50 people. For its part, the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) calls on imams and mosque officials to encourage their worshippers to get vaccinated.
The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has announced the date of Eid al-Adha in France. In this context of Covid-19, it calls on Muslims to be "extremely vigilant".
Deconfinement is progressing gradually in France. In order to allow Muslims to go to mosques for the morning prayer (Fajr), the Ministry of the Interior has granted a new exemption. This measure took effect on May 22, 2021.
Faced with the escalation of violence in the Middle East, the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) expressed its solidarity with the Palestinian people on Wednesday, through a press release, calling on the entire Muslim community in France, mosques and families, to a general mobilization.
The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) announced on Tuesday that Eid al-Fitr, the feast that marks the end of the Ramadan fast, will be held on May 13, 2021. The organization also spoke about the Zakat set at 7 euros.
The President of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), Mohammed Moussaoui, was received in audience on Friday by the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice. Accompanied by the new national prison chaplain, Mohamed Loueslati, he presented to Eric Dupond-Moretti "the state of Muslim prison chaplaincy".
The colloquium on the training of imams, chaplains and Islamologists in France has been postponed by the organizing committee. The event will take place on October 8 and 9, 2021 at the Protestant Faculty of the University of Strasbourg.
In France, the holy month of Ramadan will begin on April 13th next. This announcement was made by the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) and the coordination made up of the four dissident Muslim federations of the council.
Mohammed Moussaoui , president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), reacted to the remarks of Chems-eddine Hafiz, rector of the Paris Mosque, who accused him of "hiding behind the statutes" of his organization to continue to have contacts with the CIMG Milligorüs and the Coordination Committee of Turkish Muslims in France (CCMTF). These two federations are not signatories to the charter of principles for Islam in France.
After announcing their "definitive withdrawal" from the executive office of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), four federations intend to create a "coordination", in order to reflect on "the restructuring of the representation of the Muslim faith in France".
The Great Mosque of Paris and three founding federations of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) are definitively withdrawing from the body. They cite the one-way management of the CFCM for some time.
Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, threatens to search the mosques that would refuse to sign the "charter of the principles for the Islam of France". To date, the Coordination Committee of Turkish Muslims of France (CCMTF), the Islamic Confederation Milli Görüs (CIMG) and Faith & Practice, three of the eight federations of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) have still not signed the text.