What representation for the Muslim faith in France? As of today (January 20, 2022), the French Council for Muslim Worship (CFCM) no longer has a president. Mohamed Moussaoui’s mandate came to an end yesterday (January 19, 2022) and the body is probably living its last days, since it could self-dissolve on February 19, 2022.
The CFCM was created in 2003, under the leadership of Nicolas Sarkozy, then Minister of the Interior. The body – long interlocutor of the public authorities – was controlled by a few large Muslim federations. But it has failed on many issues, and is completing its mission against the backdrop of deep internal divisions. The executive also announced in early January 2022 the creation of a Forum of Islam in France. Will 2022 be the year of the restructuring of what the authorities call “the Islam of France”? How to represent the Muslim faith in its diversity? And what lessons can be drawn from the failure of the CFCM?
Decryption with :
– Haoues Seniguer, lecturer in political science atInstitute of Political Studies of Lyon (IEP) and researcher at the Triangle Laboratory, specialist in the relationship between Islam and politics. Author of the book The (neo) Muslim Brotherhood and the new capitalist spirit. (The water’s edge)
– Franck Fregosi, research director at the CNRS, teacher at Sciences Po Aix, specialist in the governance of Islam in France, author of Thinking Islam in secularism (Fayard).
A program presented by Clémentine Pawlotsky, prepared by Sigrid Azeroual and produced by Claude Battista.