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Muslim leaders sign charter accepting secularism
https://news.yahoo.com/macron-hails-...153245933.html

The 10-article “charter of principles” comes after six weeks of sometimes fraught talks within the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), an umbrella body representing Islam in relation with the state.

The Elysée said the charter recognises two “essential political points”, namely “the refusal of all foreign influence” and “the rejection of political Islam” in France whose practitioners it defines as followers of Salafism or Wahhabism, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Tablighi Jamaat movement.

The text also eschews "nationalist" groups linked to Turkey. Mr Macron's administration has previously blasted President Erdogan's Justice and Development Party for meddling in France through its preachers.

A new system to license imams will require all preachers to sign the charter. They must commit to accepting sexual equality and condemning “all forms of racism, discrimination and hatred”. They must also acknowledge that cultural practices such as female genital mutilation, the use of virginity certificates or forced marriage “do not stem from Islam”.

The charter stipulates that claims Muslims are victims of "state racism" is tantamount to "slander".

The imams must also reject the notion of apostasy, the sin of renouncing the Muslim faith, which some radical branches deem punishable by death. Choice or rejection of religion is a fundamental French right, the charter stipulates.

The draft charter was welcomed by Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally, who said: "Everything that goes in the direction of involving religious leaders in respecting the laws of France seems positive to me.”

Mr Macron’s staunch defence of French secularism and freedom of expression, including blasphemy, triggered protests in some Muslim countries in recent months.

However, his prime minister Jean Castex insisted: "This bill is not a text aimed against religions or against the Muslim religion in particular.”

"It is the reverse - it is a law of freedom, it is a law of protection, it is a law of emancipation against religious fundamentalism."


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