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--- In [email protected], "Bukan Pedanda" <bukan.pedanda@...> wrote: > > > > اÙØ«Ùاثاء 14 ذ٠اÙØجة 1433ÙÙ - 30 Ø£ÙتÙبر 2012Ù > > Islamic school trains âMade in Franceâ imams > Some 200 students from across the country stream into the European Institute > of Human Sciences de Saint-Leger-de-Fougeret, where they learn to chant the > Quran and study Islamic theology and Arabic literature. (Courtesy of > lejdc.fr) > > AFP, SAINT-LEGER-DE-FOUGERET France > > Deep in the wooded hills of Burgundy in central France, an unusual institute > is training unusual students: aspiring French imams who hope to minister to > the countryâs large Muslim population. Early in the morning, some 200 > students from across the country stream into the European Institute of Human > Sciences de Saint-Leger-de-Fougeret, where they learn to chant the Quran and > study Islamic theology and Arabic literature. After seven intensive years of > study, only 10 or so graduates each year to lead prayers or preach at > mosques. There is no doubting the need for new imams. > > Estimates of Franceâs Muslim population vary widely, from between 3.5 > million and 6.0 million, though there is little hard evidence as to how many > are practicing. In any event, Franceâs Muslim community is the largest in > Western Europe. > > Relations between the authorities and Muslims, many of them second- or > third-generation immigrants, chiefly from North Africa, have often been tense. > > Some younger Muslims have been tempted by extremist jihadist views and France > has implemented a contentious ban on women wearing full veils. > > Over the past nine years, various governments have encouraged the > professional training of local religious leaders. Interior Minister Manuel > Valls recently backed the practice, even if the job of imam is badly paid, if > at all, and enjoys no official recognition. > > The initiative goes back 20 years when the Union of Islamic Organizations in > France, which has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, converted a former > childrenâs holiday center into the institute. Its stated aim is to train > imams equipped âwith a solid knowledge of Islam and the socio-cultural > realities of Europe.â > > The idea was to provide an alternative to the recruitment of foreign imams, > who often spoke no French and had little or no knowledge of French lifestyles. > > âThe training of imams who are products of French society is vital: Today > 70 percent of the faithful donât speak Arabic,â said the instituteâs > director Zuhair Mahmoud. > > Initially financed by the Gulf States, the school depends heavily on fees of > about 3,400 euros ($4,400) a year -- board and lodging included. > > âSince I was small I have dreamed of becoming an imam,â said 18-year-old > Wahib, who did not want to give his last name, âbut seven years is long and > there are no grants.â > > Apart from the rural setting, the atmosphere in the run-down prefabricated > corridors of the institute is like that of any other college. > > At break time men, often bearded, and women, all of them wearing head > scarves, wait for coffee. The women can follow the 20 hours of weekly courses > but cannot become imams. > > Said, who also did not want to give his last name, was born in Morocco and > now living in Nice in southern France. He took correspondence courses for two > years and has now left his family to âdeepen my knowledge of Islamâ and > âif I succeed, become an imam.â > > âItâs my vocation,â he says. âI would love to pass on my knowledge to > others and above all fight against extremism.â > > There are about 10 people in his class. They listen to the interpretations of > a Quran surat, or chapter, as part of a third year theology course, which > also includes an introduction to French law. They then recite a passage from > the Koran. > > âBeing an imam, it isnât something that happens,â the 33-year-old Said > told AFP. âItâs a real responsibility, we have to be safeguards.â He > lamented the fact that âmoderate imams are ignored by people in the middle > of an identity crisis.â > > âRadicalism is always the result of ignorance,â Saidâs theology teacher > Larbi Belbachir added. > > âYou cannot pass on a message without knowing French. Islam can adapt and > does not forbid you to respect the law.â > > Traditionally, congregations of the faithful choose their imams, who carry > out their duties as volunteers or are paid by gifts. Those presiding in large > mosques can earn 1,500 euros ($1,950) a month. They are classified as > educators or teachers but never as imams. > > âWhen this profession is recognized and paid as such,â Said suggested, > âperhaps there will be more vocations.â > > ج٠Ùع اÙØÙÙÙ Ù ØÙÙظة ÙÙÙاة اÙعربÙØ© © 2010 > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
