Imam Chalghoumi

Presentation in the European Parliament conference 'Extremist Networks and European Security', March 5 2025, organised by IMPAC aisbl and Bert-Jan Ruissen MEP (ECR), Malik Azmani MEP (Renew), Hannes Heide MEP (S&D) and Antonio López-Istúriz White MEP (EPP). Imam Hassen Chalghoumi Imam Hassen Chalghoumi is the imam of the municipal Drancy mosque in Seine-Saint-Denis, near Paris and has served as president of the Conference of Imams in France for almost 20 years. Imam Chalghoumi has been an outspoken critic of radical Islam, a position that has earned him praise but also censure, hostility and even death threats – resulting in stringent security measures by the French state. He is an advocate for peace, tolerance, and coexistence amongst people of different religious and ideological backgrounds, based on respect for universal human rights. He is a strong critic of extremists who use Islam as a means to radicalise the young.