(AhlulBayt News Agency) - The Grand Mosque of Paris has welcomed the ‘brilliant election victory’ of Emmanuel Macron to the Presidency of France.

8 May 2017 - 17:10
Paris main mosque: Macron election gives hope to French Muslims

Paris' main Mosque said on Sunday that the election of centrist Emmanuel Macron as France's next president over far-right leader Marine Le Pen was a sign of reconciliation between French religions. 

"The Great Mosque of Paris sees in it the sign of a France reconciled with all its spiritual and religious components in order to respond in unity to the threats of division which weigh upon the nation”.

"It is a clear sign of hope to French Muslims that they can live in harmony and respect of French values", La Grande Mosquée de Paris said in a statement.

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