Dalil Boubakeur
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Born | (1940-11-02) 2 November 1940 (age 83) Skikda, French Algeria |
Nationality | Algerian French |
Occupation(s) | Mufti President of the French Council of the Muslim Faith |
Honors | Officer of the Legion of Honour Officer of the National Order of Merit |
Dalil Boubakeur (born 2 November 1940) is a physician, mufti, and current rector of the Great Mosque of Paris. He is also the president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith. He was born on 2 November 1940 in the Algerian city of Skikda, to Hamza Boubakeur and Hafza Leshtoilette. He studied at Lycée Bugeaud in Algiers, before moving to France and studying at Lycée Louis-le-Grand. He graduated from the Faculty of Sciences and Medicine of Paris and holds degrees in Quranic studies, theology and Muslim civilization.
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