11 Oct 2012
French
government has announced that it would hire imams to curb Islamic
extremists re-grouping and to curb radicals in prisons, the French
minister of Justice Christine Taubira has said.
The minister has said 15 imams would be employed to cover 30 prisons, the Local newspaper said.
“We have to make sure that religion and worship take place, but that these also respect the values and laws of the Republic,” she has said.
“I factored into the 2013 budget to take on 15 full-time imams, who would be able to cover 30 establishments,” she has further stated. “I’m going to try to do the same thing in 2014, which will allow us to have 30 more establishments with imams.”
There are currently 60 prisons in France who have their own imam.
“But we’re not mixing all the issues into one – there is a problem of overcrowding in prisons and a lack of privacy for inmates, which can lead to delinquency” said Taubira.
“It is therefore absolutely not just a problem of radicalization.”
The minister has said 15 imams would be employed to cover 30 prisons, the Local newspaper said.
“We have to make sure that religion and worship take place, but that these also respect the values and laws of the Republic,” she has said.
“I factored into the 2013 budget to take on 15 full-time imams, who would be able to cover 30 establishments,” she has further stated. “I’m going to try to do the same thing in 2014, which will allow us to have 30 more establishments with imams.”
There are currently 60 prisons in France who have their own imam.
“But we’re not mixing all the issues into one – there is a problem of overcrowding in prisons and a lack of privacy for inmates, which can lead to delinquency” said Taubira.
“It is therefore absolutely not just a problem of radicalization.”
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