Many men and few women for the visit of the President of the Republic to the Grand Mosque of Paris. In the courtyard of honor, figures from civil or political society such as Arnaud Montebourg, religious figures such as Chief Rabbi Haim Corsia and the president of the French Bishops’ Conference, Mr. Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, were seated in the front row. . Next to them, very little-known representatives of Islam in France, outside the Paris mosque. About three hundred people surround Rector Khems Edin Hafiz, to whom the President of the Republic presented the insignia of the officer of the Legion of Honor to quiet applause this Wednesday, October 19.
A little while ago, Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by his minister of the interior, Gérald Darmanin, in charge of religious affairs, and in the presence of Nicolas Sarkozy, unveiled a plaque reminding that the first stone of this “Grand Mosque of Paris” was laid in October. 1922 year…
Source: Le Figaro
