The Great Mosque of Paris is 100 years old

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The Great Mosque of Paris was built in the heart of the French capital as a tribute to the Muslim fighters of the First World War. The first stone was laid on October 19, 1922, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, opposite the Jardin des Plantes. With its Hispano-Moorish style, its minaret, patios and gardens of Andalusian inspiration, it was classified as a historical monument in 1983.

A place of worship for Muslims, appreciated by Parisian visitors for its gardens and its tea room, it was also a means for the French State to promote the “Islam of France”. Today, the Great Mosque of Paris wants to reassure by offering the image of an Islam open to the Republic, at a time when the construction of new mosques is regularly slowed down.

With :

– Chems Eddine-Hafiz, rector of the Great Mosque of Paris

– Larbi Khaled, imam at the Great Mosque of Paris

– Dorra Mameri-Chaambi, researcher at EHESS / CEMS, author of a thesis on the Great Mosque of Paris.

Report at the Great Mosque of Paris.

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