"For all Muslims, the Church is a compass": the Rector of the Great Mosque invited to the pope's funeral

INFO THE PARISIAN. President Emmanuel Macron invited Chems-eddine Hafiz, rector of the Great Mosque in Paris, to participate in the funeral of the pope, where 200 heads of state and about 50 monarchs are to be visited. The two men met twice.

Invited by Emmanuel Macron on board the presidential plane, Chems-eddine Hafiz will attend this Saturday's funeral of Pope Francis in Rome. Since the Eternal City, the Rector of the Great Mosque of Paris greets the memory of a man who "stretched his hand to Islam".