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.


References

  • Arreté du 9 mai 1995 portant retrait de l'arreté du 24 avril 1995 portant interdiction de circulation, de distribution et de mise en vente en France d'un ouvrage, Journal Officiel de la République française du 16 mai 1995: 8217.
  • Decision of 9 May 1995 concerning the withdrawal of the Decision of 24 April 1995 that banned the circulation, distribution and sale in France of a work, Journal Officiel de la République Française of 16 May 1995 : 8217.

This article has been published in IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory.