Speaking alongside the flag-draped coffin of a police officer killed in a terrorist attack in southern France, President Emmanuel Macron last month lay blame on \u201cunderground Islamism\u201d and those who \u201cindoctrinate on our soil and corrupt daily.\u201d<\/p>\n
The attack added further urgency to a project already in the works: Macron has embarked on a controversial quest to restructure Islam in France \u2014 with the goal of integration but also the prevention of radicalization.<\/p>\n
He has said that in the coming months he will announce \u201ca blueprint for the whole organization\u201d of Islam. And those trying to anticipate what that will look like are turning their attention to Hakim El Karoui, a leading voice on how Islamic traditions fit within French culture.<\/p>\n
It is hard to miss that the man who appears to have Macron\u2019s ear on this most sensitive of subjects cuts a similar figure. Like the president, El Karoui is an ex-Rothschild investment banker with an elite social pedigree who favors well-tailored suits, crisp white shirts and the lofty province of big ideas.<\/p>\n
The latest of those ideas is this \u2014 that the best way to integrate Islam within French society is to promote a version of the religion \u201cpracticed in peace by believers who will not have the need to loudly proclaim their faith.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n Struggling to prevent #terroristattacks<\/a>, #France<\/a> wants to \u2018reform\u2019 Islam 2\/2 https:\/\/t.co\/QrP9tWNdw2<\/a> #religion<\/a> #eu<\/a><\/p>\n — Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) April 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n