Chems-Eddine Hafiz

Chems-eddine Mohamed Hafiz, born 28 June 1954 in Algiers, is a Franco-Algerian lawyer, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris since 11 January 2020.

[5] Then, the Sohane Benziane case, named after the young girl discovered inanimate on October 4, 2002, seriously burned, in a garbage room in the city of Balzac, in Vitry-sur-Seine in Val-de-Marne.

[6] In 1998, he became advisor to the Grand Mosque of Paris,[7] which he represented alongside Rector Dalil Boubakeur on the occasion of the "consultation" (Istichâra) launched by Minister of the Interior Jean-Pierre Chevènement.

[8] Chems-eddine Hafiz is president of the association Vivre l´islam, producer of a programm on the France channel 2, every Sunday morning, of the program Islam.

[12] In April 2020, he co-founded with Xavier Emmanuelli, the association Les Vendredis de la Connaissance, (knowledge Fridays),[13] with the aim of organizing popular universities on issues of society and religion.