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French thinkers Kouchner, Williame and Benbassa weigh in on Swiss minaret ban

researcher14 years ago14 years ago01 mins

Bernard Kouchner claims to be scandalized by the Swiss vote on minarets, calling it an “expression of intolerance.” Marine Le Pen, the vice-president of the extreme right congratulated the Swiss populace for the vote. Jean-Paul Willaime, director of the European Institute of Religious Sciences, claims that the Swiss response is more of a secularist response…

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The Case of Vincent Geisser, Scholar of Islam in the CNRS, divides the University Community

Euro-Islam15 years ago15 years ago01 mins

Written by Esther Benbassa, director of the EPHE (École Pratique des Hautes Études), this article claims that the case of French academic Vincent Geisser, currently under investigation for a “lack of obligatory reserve” is dividing the French university system. Detractors claim Geisser is an Islamicist, apologetic for the extremist positions he studies; his defenders point…

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