Daw Meskine

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

1 Early life
2 Life as Imam
- 2.1 Career
- 2.2 Arrest and Controversy
3 Sources
4 References

[edit] Early life

[edit] Life as Imam

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

[edit] 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]

[edit] 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.