Azzedine Gaci
Azzedine Gaci is a member of the UOIF-BE, in charge of inter-religious dialogue.
He came to France in 1986 to finish his studies. He is a teacher and researcher at the Ecole Supérieure de Chimie-Physique-Electronique in Lyon.
He is also the rector of the Othmane mosque in Villeurbanne, and has always used inter-religious dialogue as a means to ease tensions. He long declared to be independent, until he was appointed to the UOIF office.
Azzedine Gaci was one of the religious leaders who called for demonstrations during the Manif pour tous (a French anti-gay marriage protest).
“It is important to show that we share other parties’ concerns on a text that will dismantle the family structure and have consequences on the balance of society” (Blog of Stéphanie Le Bars)
During the January 2015 attacks, he insists that all people, whether believers or non-believers, must be present at the January 11 demonstration. For Azzedine Gaci, these attacks “call into question social peace”.
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