French Law on “Republican Values” and Global Security Law: How they converge toward a criminalization of Islam

One bill and one law are currently garnering critique : the bill to Strengthen Republican Values and the Global Security Law. The Global Security Law aims at reorganizing the French security services made of three main components: the police, the military and the private security agencies[1]. Debates have rapidly focused on the 24th controversial article

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Made in France Imams and International Backlash to Macron’s bill on Islamic Separatism

Since the announcement of the controversial bill on “Islamic separatism”, the debate has been raging, while major issues both domestic and international have repeatedly come to the fore. A (re)structuration of French Islam The regulation of French Islam is a recurring leitmotiv for Emmanuel Macron since his election in 2017. The awful decapitation of the

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French President meets Sherin Khankan, founder of Denmark’s first female-led mosque, to discuss balance between religion and politics

The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has met Sherin Khankan, the founder of Denmark’s first female-led mosque, as well as other religious leaders, to discuss the balance between religion and politics in France and how social problems connected to religious and cultural differences may be tackled.

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