Fighting Separatism to build an “Enlightened Islam”: The controversial project of French President Emmanuel Macron

Friday 2nd of October, French President Emmanuel Macron gave a two hours speech to announce a new bill to “ fight separatism” that will be submitted to the National Assembly on the 9th of December. Explicitly mentioning the rise of “political Islam”, he notably denounced the risk of “ a counter society ” and enumerated the…

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Muslims not interested in shari’a law in France, says author Bernard Godard

Bernard Godard, co-author with Sylvie Taussig of “Les Musulmans en France” (Muslims in France, Hachette 2009), is interviewed here on his perspectives on Islam in France. Godard comments that there has been an institutionalization of Islam in France in the last ten years. Before mayors rarely supported mosque construction, for instance, and this attitude has…

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“Les Musulmans en Europe et les defis de l’enseignement Islamique”

L’Union européenne, avec ses 27 États, s’étend désormais aux pays de l’Europe de l’Est qui entretiennent une relation avec l’islam et sa civilisation ancrée dans l’histoire. De ce fait, le nombre de musulmans en Europe – près de 50 millions aujourd’hui – s’est considérablement accru, avec son lot de fantasmes sur la “possible islamisation” du…

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    New Book Tallies Five Million Muslims in France

    According to France’s Minister of the Interior, there are currently 5 million Muslims living in its border, approximately 5% of which are regular practitioners. In their new book on French Muslims (Les Musulmans en France, _dition Robert Laffont), Bernard Godard and Sylvie Taussig estimate that more that 1.5 million are Algerian or of Algerian-origin. The…

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    La République et “ses musulmans”

    La République & “ses Musulmans” (Séminaire, saison II) Premières rencontres : Mardi 26 juin 2007 à 19h00, FIAP Jean Monnet 30 r Cabanis 75014 Paris, métro Glacière L’Islam comme objet de l’action et du discours publics – 1 Nous commencerons par des rencontres au cours desquelles, par la description des traitements institutionnels appliqués l’islam, nous…

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