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FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron yesterday outlined laws against “separatism” that critics say stigmatise the country’s nearly five million Muslims.
Mr Macron has called for a “French Islam” that ensures mosques and imams adhere to the republic’s values, notably secularism, though it is unclear whether this would extend to discussions of France’s imperialist history or foreign policy.
The proposed laws include controversial elements such as French funding for Islamic organisations aimed at replacing funds from abroad, with Saudi Arabia accused of funding mosques and using them to spread its highly intolerant Salafist ideology.
Because details contradict a 1905 law separating church and state, this will need to be modified.
Mr Macron says the aim is to eliminate Islamist extremism and reduce the threat of terrorism.
But the French Communist Party said the rules single out Muslim “separatism,” while “passing over in silence the separatism of the wealthy” who avoid their social and financial obligations, undermining communities.
