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Bradley Manning plans to ask for pardon. Al-Jazeera makes its debut in US. Tareq Oubrou, a French imam who oversees the Grand Mosque of Bordeaux, was quoted in the Atlantic magazine as saying that the interpretation of Quran by the mentality of the signatories "is the falsified interpretation promoted by the very radicals France seeks to combat: According to the Atlantic article, "Oubrou argued that the problem is not religion itself - it's that through radical, literalist interpretations of the Quran, delinquents use the religion as a veneer for cheap crimes.
In recent years, Islamophobic acts have been on the rise in France and Muslims have complained of being subject to discrimination.
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Marine Le Pen, the leader of the anti-immigrant National Front FN party had previously said that they will prohibit substitution meals provided for Muslim and Jewish students on municipalities headed by National Front administrators because it "is a violation of the principle of secularism. After the controversial call that blamed Islam for a "new anti-Semitism" wave, 30 mosque rectors and other prominent Muslims published an appeal in Le Monde saying Islam is being "confiscated by criminals," an Associated Press AP report said.
The appeal also urged the community leaders not to hold Islam accountable for the actions of some extremists. Large scale criticism has also been voiced by Turkish politicians and the Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs.
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He said the so-called concerns over the language of the Quran were not genuine but signs of Islamophobia, racism and xenophobia. He added that even though the Quran was attacked, Muslims would not do the same to the sacred values of others. The Directorate of Religious Affairs said in a statement that the signatories of the manifesto "are the Western version of Daesh," who also use distorted interpretations of the Quran to further their own agenda.
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The top Islamic body of Turkey added that the call to change the book was a smear campaign targeting Muslims and that the call was "provocative. The whole world accepts the fact that Islam is a religion of peace.
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The Observatory of Islamophobia, an Egypt-based group, also condemned the controversial move, calling it "racist" and a cause for extremism to grow. X Close with photo without photo Print. The controversial call by some famous French figures to change the Quran is a provocative move which targets Muslims, experts say, as criticism against the manifesto continues to grow The controversial call to change some verses in the Quran by some famous French figures is a "racist and xenophobic" move that targets Muslims, experts say, as backlash from Muslims continues to increase.