France's Top Muslim Leader Seeks To Double The Number Of Mosques In France To 4,000

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France’s top Muslim “leader” seeks doubling of country’s mosques to 4,000


Posted on July 4, 2010 by creeping

Burka schmurka. When France has 4,000 barracks madrassas mosques, even kuffar will be sporting hijab!



France’s most prominent Muslim leader has called for the number of mosques in the country to be doubled to 4,000, sparking fresh debate on the secular status established in French law a century ago.



Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Grande Mosque of Paris and formerly president of the French Council for Muslims, believes a sharp increase in facilities for worship is necessary to give Europe’s largest Muslim population a chance to pray in dignity and comfort.



In a revealing interview in the daily newspaper France-Soir, the contents of which were confirmed by his office, the Algerian-born cardiologist stressed the social benefits of easing the “pressure, frustration and the sense of injustice” felt by many French Muslims.



“Open a mosque and you close a prison,” said Dr Boubakeur. If this seems a colourful way of justifying a major programme of mosque-building, he can point to a powerful ally: the president, Nicolas Sarkozy.



France jealously guards the principle of separation of religion and state set down in the 1905 law. This legislation, the bedrock of French secular society, expressly forbids the official recognition or state funding any faith.



But in 2004, when he was the finance minister, Mr Sarkozy argued in a book entitled The Republic, Religions, Hope for an updating of the law to meet modern challenges.



He said the provision of a mosque in every sizeable town would help counter the extremism fostered by self-styled, usually untrained imams holding prayer meetings in tower block basements and garages.



“The French are no more racist and no less welcoming than any others,” he said.



“There are no people in Europe more welcoming of Muslims. But because of extremists, people have a poor perception of these buildings.”



Dalil Boubakeur would readily submit France to sharia and his comments during the Mo’toons incidents is evidence. Read it all via France’s top Muslim leader seeks doubling of country’s mosques to 4,000 – The National Newspaper