| Strasbourg: First publicly-run Muslim cemetery
The 1905 law regulating the separation of State and Church in France does not apply in the region.
The first publicly-run Muslim cemetery is to be established in Strasbourg, fulfilling the expectations of the city's Muslim community, which makes up 10% of the population.
A convention is to be signed today for the building of the cemetery by Mayor Roland Ries, President of the National Council for the Muslim Faith, Mohammed Moussaoui, and by president of the Alsace Regional Council, Driss Ayachour.
The site has already been chosen, and soil studies carried out. The cemetery should be open by the end of 2010.
There are already two Muslim cemeteries in France, one in Marseilles, the city with the highest concentration of immigrants, and the other in Bobigny, on the outskirts of Paris, but both of these are privately-run.
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Source: ANSAmed (English) |
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