The French Minister of the Interior attends an iftar banquet at the Paris Mosque – New Algeria

The French Minister of the Interior, Laurent Noniaz, responded to an invitation to attend an iftar banquet at the Grand Mosque in Paris, addressed to him by the mosque’s dean, Shams al-Din Hafeez..

The breakfast banquet was attended by French politicians, ambassadors from Arab Islamic countries, and clerics of various nationalities.

On Thursday, March 12, 2025, the Grand Mosque of Paris organized the “fifth edition” of the Ramadan Iftar, according to a statement from the Grand Mosque of Paris on its account on the “X” platform.

The banquet was attended by the President of the Association of France in Algeria, former Minister Ségolène Royal, the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, the Governor of the capital of Paris and the Ile-de-France region, Marc Guillaume, the Governor of the Paris Police, Patrice Faure, the Mayor of the Fifth Parisian District, Florence Berto, and a number of French representatives and senators.

The audience also included the ambassadors of many Arab and Islamic countries in France, the director of the Arab World Institute in Paris, and the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).