O que acontece quando um imã muçulmano, Hassen Chalghoumi, adopta posições críticas às ideias defendidas por outros líderes religiosos extremistas da sua religião, posições como:

he said in a newspaper interview that he approved of a burqa ban

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"I want to be a republican imam," says Chalghoumi. His words reflect, roughly, the title of the book he plans to publish, in which he intends to argue for a "European Islam" and a "French Islam."

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He speaks out "against sinister Islam," against the hate, the violence and the Muslim Brotherhood that seeks to foment unrest among young people in the poor suburbs, the banlieues, and against extremists and Salafists. "We must brighten up once again the catastrophic image of our religion," he says.

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"In the minds of many of my fellow Muslims," says Chalghoumi, "the Jews are still the billionaires, the usurers. It's time to finally put an end to that."

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the Holocaust was a "crime without comparison."

Bem, o que acontece é ser perseguido por fanáticos e correr risco de vida... O que me faz admirar a sua coragem e sentir pena que não existam outros como ele. O Islão necessita de muitos, mas mesmo muitos, imãs assim.

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