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 Nicolas Sarkozy.[1]
17 other French citizens have been arrested in the operation.
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