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Paris Grand Mosque Unveils 900-Page Guide to Align Muslim Practice With France’s Secular Laws

The mosque says the handbook promotes moderation within France’s secular framework.

Overview

  • The Grande Mosquée de Paris released and presented “Musulmans en Occident, pratiques culturelles immuables, présence adaptée” on Tuesday after more than three years of work.
  • Two commissions shaped the volume: a body of imams and a civil panel of about 80 figures, with interviews including Nicolas Sarkozy, François Hollande and other public voices.
  • The text rejects violence and extremism, affirms equal dignity, and distinguishes personal religious ethics from any claim to a law competing with French civil rules.
  • Practical guidance includes urging acceptance of removing the headscarf in professional settings when required and calling for restraint and dignity in responses to perceived blasphemy.
  • Critics questioned the feasibility of “adaptation” without doctrinal change and faulted the choice of publisher Éditions Albouraq for its catalog, while the rector defended the imprint.