Paris Mosque Rector Calls Out Anti-Islam Rhetoric In Election
A rise in anti-Islam rhetoric in the French presidential election campaign risks creating a “spiral of hatred,” the rector of a Paris mosque said.
Chems-eddine Hafiz, the rector of Paris’s historic Grande Mosquée, said law-abiding Muslims are being scapegoated just like Jews were vilified in the 1930s.
He also said French society is weakened and fearful after the pandemic.
Hafiz published a book this month entitled “With All Due Respect, We’re Children of the Republic.”
He wrote it to counter heightened anti-Muslim rhetoric in the run up to France’s April 10 election.
French President Emmanuel Macron is leading the polls and favored to win re-election.
Rival candidates have focused on Islam and immigration.
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