France

[FR] The ban on the book 'What's lawful and unlawful in Islam' is lifted

IRIS 1995-6:1/13

Ad van Loon

European Audiovisual Observatory

In IRIS 1995-5 : 12 we wrote that the Minister of the Interior and Regional Planning had banned Egyptian theologist Youssef Qaradhawi's book"What's lawful and unlawful in Islam", published by éditions Al Qalam in Paris. The book was considered as a foreign written work of a nature likely to provoke public disorder.

We stated in the article that the Minister of the Interior was ready to accept the appeal made by the Rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, Dalil Boubakeur.

By way of his Decision (Arrêté) of 9 May 1995, the Minister of the Interior, following representations made by the publishers, decided to allow the appeal.