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French imam says beheaded teacher is martyr for freedom of speech

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PARIS (Reuters) – A French imam said on Monday that the history teacher beheaded for showing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in class was a martyr for freedom of speech, and he called on mosques in France to pray for the teacher on Friday.

Imam Hassen Chalghoumi

Hassen Chalghoumi, imam of the Paris suburb of Drancy’s mosque, warned against Islamist extremists and called on parents not to foster a hatred of France.

Laying flowers outside the Conflans-Sainte-Honorine suburb school where the teacher was killed by an 18-year-old suspected Islamist of Chechen origin, Chalghoumi, accompanied by other Muslim leaders, told reporters it was time for the Muslim community to wake up to the dangers of Islamist extremism.

“(The teacher) is a martyr for freedom of expression, and a wise man who has taught tolerance, civilisation and respect for others,” said Chalghoumi, who as president of the Imams of France Conference has regularly called for interfaith tolerance.

He said Muslim authorities should see the beheading as a call for action.

“Rectors of mosques, imams, parents, civil society groups, wake up, your future is at stake,” he said.

He said Islamist extremists in France are well organised and know how to use the legal system and how far they can go.

“We need to end the victimisation discourse. We all have rights in France, like everyone else. Parents should tell their children about the good that exists in this republic,” he said.

A controversial figure in French Islam, Chalghoumi has had run-ins with Franco-Moroccan Islamist militant Abdelhakim Sefrioui, author of one of the videos in which the father of a girl in the school accused the teacher, Samuel Paty, of having insulted Islam.

In 2010, as France was debating legislation about banning veils for Muslim women, Sefrioui had tried to get Chalghoumi ousted from the Drancy mosque, and Chalghoumi said he was placed under police protection after receiving death threats.

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12 responses to “French imam says beheaded teacher is martyr for freedom of speech”

  1. Arzna Avatar
    Arzna

    I THINK Hassen Chalghoumi, imam of the Paris suburb of Drancy’s mosque should devote most of his time training other imams on the benefits of coexistence and the importance of love in a relationship . The time to divide people based on religious affiliation must come to an end . We live now in the 21st century and the 1000 year hated must come to an end

    1. Es gibt kein Normalität mehr Avatar
      Es gibt kein Normalität mehr

      Here we go again….
      A demand for a boycott of French goods is spreading due to the never ending story of insults.

      The demand for a boycott of French goods is spreading in the Arab world after French President Emmanuel Macron’s statements about Islam, according to AFP.

      Macron has previously described Islam as a religion in “deep crisis”.
      There is no doubt about it, Islam is a religion in “deep crisis”.
      A French teacher was killed in a terrorist attack last week after showing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, in the name of Islam.

      An opposition party in Jordan has demanded that Macron apologize for his statements and called on his citizens to boycott French goods.
      Stores in Kuwait and Qatar have already introduced boycotts.

      On Saturday, about 200 people protested outside the French ambassador’s home in Jaffa, Israel.

      Too many muslims don’t live in the 21st century.

      1. Arzna Avatar
        Arzna

        Unfortunately as long as Arab leaders listen to radicals the region will be in a mess
        They should instead listen to Hassen Chalghoumi, imam of the Paris suburb of Drancy’s mosque.
        He seems to be the voice of reason and coexistence .
        Look how much damage ISIS did to Islam
        WE should not allow radicals to run the Middle East
        Unfortunately we have some radical Islamic leaders too like Turkey’s Erdogan
        I think he is the most radical leader in the region . He is trying to revive the Ottoman Empire which is behind the backwardness of the entire Middle East

  2. Es gibt kein Normalität mehr Avatar
    Es gibt kein Normalität mehr

    We should not forget that Hassen Chalghoum stood out during the Islamic scarf controversy in France.
    Hassen Chalghoum supported Nicolas Sarkozy’s draft law to ban the burqa.

    Demonstrations and clashes in Drancy mosque was clear signs that not everyone liked his good relations with Jewish organisations in France, the division based on religious affiliation unfortunately has the upper hand.

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    The video that drives the Orab networks crazy:
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    The video that drives the Orab networks crazy:
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    Shana Thigpen

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