Paris Main Mosque Says Macron Election Gives Hope to French Muslims

TEHRAN (IQNA) –The Grand Mosque of Paris has welcomed the ‘brilliant election victory’ of Emmanuel Macron to the Presidency of France.

 

Paris' main Mosque said on Sunday that the election of centrist Emmanuel Macron as France's next president over far-right leader Marine Le Pen was a sign of reconciliation between French religions, Reuters reported.

"The Great Mosque of Paris sees in it the sign of a France reconciled with all its spiritual and religious components in order to respond in unity to the threats of division which weigh upon the nation”.

"It is a clear sign of hope to French Muslims that they can live in harmony and respect of French values", La Grande Mosquée de Paris said in a statement.