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Daw Meskine is a French Imam and Secretary General of the French Council for Imams

Life as Imam

Daw Meskine is the imam of the Clichy-Sous-Bois mosque and the secretary general of the French Council of Imams.

Career

Meskine has been treated as an important figure in Franco-Islamic relations and interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy who has apparently consulted him in the past.[1]

Arrest and controversy

On June 19, 2006 it was announced Imam Meskine and his son were arrested for laundering money linked to a terrorist organization. Many members of the French Islamic community saw the arrest as a provocation meant to interfere with state funding to the al-Najah Muslim High school. Some have linked the event to his criticism of the policies of Nicholas Sarkozy.[1]

17 other French citizens have been arrested in the operation.

Sources

References

  1. ^ "IslamOnline.net- News". Archived from the original on 2006-06-24. Retrieved 2006-06-21.
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