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France Needs More Mosques - President of Muslim Organization

© AFP 2023 / GEORGES GOBETMuslim people take part in the Friday prayer at the Assalam mosque on January 23, 2015 in the western French city of Nantes
Muslim people take part in the Friday prayer at the Assalam mosque on January 23, 2015 in the western French city of Nantes - Sputnik International
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According to president of the French Council of the Muslim, number of mosques in France should double in the next two years.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) The number of mosques in France should double in the next two years, president of the French Council of the Muslim faith Dalil Boubakeur said.

“We have a lot of meeting-houses, unfinished mosques, and there are a lot of mosques that are not yet built, I think the number of mosques should double,” Boubakeur said during the annual assembly of French Muslims Saturday as quoted by Le Figaro.

He emphasized that 2,200 mosques are not enough for about 5 million Muslims living in France.

Boubakeur added that the secular education system for imams should be created in France, hoping that French universities would open such programs.

The French party Front National said in a statement that Boubakeur’s proposal is controversial, as he did not specify who should pay for the construction of new mosques. According to Front National, foreign funding of new mosques may be dangerous for national security.

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