Faced with the difficulties generated by the lack of Muslim sections in France, in this period of health crisis and confinement, the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) suggests that the State temporarily entrust the management of cemeteries to the prefects.
The start of the month of Ramadan in France is scheduled for this Friday, April 24, 2020. This is at least what the astronomical calculations say.
The coronavirus raging in almost all countries around the world will disrupt some traditional practices of French Muslims throughout the month of Ramadan. The reason is the containment measures imposed by the authorities to curb the spread of covid-19 are still in effect.
Faced with the difficulty of burying the many victims of covid-19, the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has called on the mayors of France to take their responsibilities.
The coronavirus has certainly succeeded in closing the mosques, but it will not prevent the Muslim community in France from sacrificing the tradition of fasting during the month of Ramadan.
In this context marked by the coronavirus pandemic, imams and reciters will not have French visas for the month of Ramadan which will begin on April 24.
The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) believes that the containment measures could extend beyond the beginning of the month of Ramadan. It thus calls on Muslims to live this month differently in strict compliance with these measures.
The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) recommends no longer practicing ablutions for the dead due to coronavirus.
Faced with the coronavirus pandemic, the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has made some proposals focused on the replacement of collective prayers.
Faced with the damage caused daily by the coronavirus (Covid-19), religious authorities are also mobilizing. This is the case of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM). The institution has launched an urgent message aimed at raising awareness among imams and Muslim worshippers as well as all those who frequent mosques and places of prayer.
Every year, the first and last day of Ramadan are often the subject of lively questions, even controversies. The month of Ramadan begins 11 days earlier than the previous year, in relation to the Gregorian calendar which is in use in France.
The first vice-president and spokesperson of the Regional Council of the Muslim Cult (CRCM), Abdellatif Mellouki, reacted, in an interview, to the remarks of the French president. On Tuesday, February 18 in Mulhouse, Emmanuel Macron declared that he wanted to put an end to detached imams in France , in accordance with his plan to fight "Islamic separatism".