Mohammed Moussaoui
Mohammed Moussaoui is the president of the French Council of Muslim Faith.
As of 2008, he is naturalizing as a citizen of France.
On August 2, 2011, he gave an interview with French radio station RTL, where he stated that there are nearly 150 new mosques under construction in France, and that there are more practicing Muslims than Roman Catholics in the country. France, home to an estimated six million Muslims, has the largest Muslim population in the European Union.
On November 3, 2011 he condemned the previous day's firebombing of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, saying that it was "an act which can in no way represent the principles of liberty, tolerance and peace that are message", but he went on to regret the "anxious European climate of Islamophobia."
He condemned the "hateful act," and urged Muslims and Christians "to intensify their actions to give more strength to this dialogue, to make a united front against extremism."
