"Foundation for Islamic Works" to Reopen in France
"Foundation for Islamic Works", which is affiliated to the Grand Mosque of Paris and was closed for more than four years, will be reopened.
According to zamanfrance website, Boubakeur, rector of the mosque said that the foundation will reopen at the behest of French Interior Minister.
He said that the founding members of the foundation will hold an urgent meeting to implement a program to support the construction and rehabilitation of the scientific and research center.
Three months ago, Manuel Valls, the French Minister of the Interior and Religious Affairs, stressed that proper approaches should be taken for problems of the state and Islamic organizations particularly the financing places of worship and the training of religious leaders in France.
In 2005, France's major Islamic groups and Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin signed the statutes setting up the “Foundation for Islamic Works”, with the aim of financing the construction of mosques and development of other Islamic activities in the European country.
The nascent foundation was due to be tasked with providing finances for the building and renovation of mosques and prayer halls as well as training Muslim imams and chaplains in the European country.
The statutes of the Muslim foundation was signed by Lhaj Thami Breze, chairman of the Union of French Islamic Organizations (UOIF), Dalil Boubakeur, rector of Paris Grand Mosque and head of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), Haydar Demiryurek, the chairman of the Coordinating Committee of French Turkish Muslims and Mohamed Bechari, the chair of the National Federation of French Muslims (FNMF).
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He said that the founding members of the foundation will hold an urgent meeting to implement a program to support the construction and rehabilitation of the scientific and research center.
Three months ago, Manuel Valls, the French Minister of the Interior and Religious Affairs, stressed that proper approaches should be taken for problems of the state and Islamic organizations particularly the financing places of worship and the training of religious leaders in France.
In 2005, France's major Islamic groups and Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin signed the statutes setting up the “Foundation for Islamic Works”, with the aim of financing the construction of mosques and development of other Islamic activities in the European country.
The nascent foundation was due to be tasked with providing finances for the building and renovation of mosques and prayer halls as well as training Muslim imams and chaplains in the European country.
The statutes of the Muslim foundation was signed by Lhaj Thami Breze, chairman of the Union of French Islamic Organizations (UOIF), Dalil Boubakeur, rector of Paris Grand Mosque and head of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), Haydar Demiryurek, the chairman of the Coordinating Committee of French Turkish Muslims and Mohamed Bechari, the chair of the National Federation of French Muslims (FNMF).
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