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 Lycées Bugeaud in Algiers, before moving to France and studying at Lycée Louis-le-Grand. He graduated from the Faculty of Sciences et Medicine of Paris and holds degrees in Quranic studies, theology and Muslim civilization.

External links

• Docteur Dalil Boubakeur Archived 22 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, official biography on the site of the Great Mosque of Paris
• Dalil Boubakeur, biography on the site of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs