France, Jan. 19 -- The leaders of the French Council of the Muslim Faith have signed a charter in which they agreed to administer additional controls, notably on the appointment of religious leaders.They met with President Emmanuel Macron, who is pushing for a bill on Republican values, which includes a debate on the topic of separatism, in the wake of several attacks linked to Islamist extremists.

The charter which has been agreed paves the way for the creation by the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) of a National Council of Imams, responsible for certifying imams are allowed to practice in France.

In November, against a background offear and anger in France after the involvement of a mosque in thecampaign which led to the beh...