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Kahina Bahloul French imam (first female imam in France) and Islamic academic, advocate for modernist reforms in Islam. Dalil Boubakeur , physician, rector of Great Mosque of Paris Si Kaddour Benghabrit , founder of the Great Mosque of Paris , WW2 resistant, interfaith helper and candidate to official title of Righteous among the Nations .
The Muslim presence in medieval France corresponds to the Saracen presence for several periods between 719 and 973 in the province of Septimania and then in Provence until 1197, of Muslim populations, mainly Arabs, Berbers, and also Europeans who converted to Islam . A first phase of presence, following the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, is ...
The nominal religious leading figure of Sunni Islam at the time of the French conquest and World War I was the sultan (and caliph) of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Caliphate's religious influence among Muslims abroad had increased during the reign of Abdul Hamid II (r. 1876–1909), who pursued a Pan-Islamist foreign policy. [7]
A 2016 survey held by Institut Montaigne and Ifop found that 5.6% of the French population had an Islamic background, while 5.3% declared they were Muslims by faith. According to the same survey 84.9% of surveyed people who had at least one Muslim parent said were Muslims, 3.4% were Christians, 10.0% were not religious and 1.3% belonged to ...
Part one describes the Western world-Islam interactions throughout history, [1] and how they were viewed by Muslims. [5] Part two describes how the groups communicated and entities that were go-betweens. Several specalties of this theme are described in the third part. [3] The book does not use chronological order. [6]
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The Grand Mosque plays an important role in French social society, promoting the visibility of Islam and Muslims. [29] The mosque was assigned to Algeria in 1957 by the French Foreign Minister. The Paris Mosque serves as the head mosque for French mosques and is currently led by mufti Dalil Boubakeur , who has served as rector since 1992.