Historical interlocutor of the public authorities from 2003, the CFCM, made up of federations attached to the countries of origin (Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, etc.), has known in recent years powerful internal disputes.
MO12345LEMONDE WITH AFP
Emmanuel Macron said he “decided to put an end to the French Council for Muslim worship” (CFCM), dialogue body between the State and Muslim worship since 2003, receiving Thursday February 16. ‘Islam of France (FIRIF), new discussion space.
“The previous instances had limits that I already had the opportunity to appoint. There was a dialogue that existed, there were real advances. I do not want to underestimate what had been Made, for example, with the CFCM, “said the head of state.
“But the state often discussed also with other states, as part of a form of persistence, not simply diplomatic but which also embarked a whole story from which it was necessary to gradually come out”, he Pursued, adding:
“This is why we decided to end the CFCM. In a very clear way. And its activity”.
powerful internal disputes
Historical interlocutor of the public authorities from 2003, the CFCM, made up of federations attached to the countries of origin (Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, etc.), has known in recent years powerful internal disputes.
In December 2021, the executive decided to no longer consider him as an interlocutor and preferred him the FOIF – an body made up of field actors designated by the prefects – who met in plenary session Thursday, after A year of existence, to deliver his first works.
After several months of blocking, the CFCM, amputated by several mosques federations having left it, decided in early January to continue its existence. He holds a general meeting on Sunday, with the agenda for a possible modification of his statutes with an increased representation of the departments and a decrease in the weight of the federations constituting it.
Questioned by the press on the words of the Head of State, the co-president of the acting CFCM, Ibrahim Alci, replied: “A CFCM does not dissolve like that”. The board of directors “will come together” and “if he wants to dissolve, it will dissolve”, he said, adding that it would then be a “democratic” process.
The question of whether the CFCM could change its name, it answered, in an evasive way: “We could, with the board of directors, act the end, yes”. He spoke of the possibility of a “rebirth of the CFCM, differently”, via “another association, another organization”, but did not give details. According to him, “the Forer, is not the replacement of the CFCM”. The other co-president of the CFCM Mohammed Moussaoui, contacted by the France-Presse agency, was not reachable.