31 October 2011

France: "This Mosque Is a Direct Obstacle to the Integration of [Muslims]"

.... The report describes the Muslim population of Marseille as a "marginalized population, poorly informed, uncultured and with a limited understanding even of their own religion, finding themselves in the hands of self-proclaimed imams, barely more competent than their flocks but sufficiently charismatic to obtain their blind obedience."

…. The proposed solution is to "refocus the places of worship" which would "permit a professionalization of the imams, achieve economies of scale and force the Islamic federations and sects to reach a consensus.

It would marginalize extra-national interests and also facilitate relations and observations with our institutional partners. Not more mosques but better mosques." [Hudson New York] Read more