France, which is officially a secular country, bans public displays of conspicuous signs of religion, including the wearing of headscarves, kippas, and large crosses. Whether the Burqini qualifies ...

A Notable & Quotable from “Islam and the French Republic,” by Ben Judah in the July/Aug issue of Standpoint: “These hardline mosques are building a parallel Paris: segregated by faith.” ...

France is proud of its secularism. But religion could shape who wins Sunday. May 5, 2017 More than 8 years ago Summary ...

The best French sociologist of Protestantism, Jean-Paul Willaime, describes French culture as one in which religion is relegated to the private sphere. One can easily foresee the consequences for ...

French President Emmanuel Macron planned to present an anti-religious extremism bill on Wednesday that would ban “virginity certificates” for Muslim women and restrict home-schooling in the ...

Lazare Jefroykin, an 18-year-old Jew (left), and Radia Bakkouch, a 23-year-old Muslim, work with Coexister in France. The group goes into the country's secular schools and addresses issues like ...

Two of the most interesting photo ops of France’s current presidential election campaign took place last month 2,000 miles away in Lebanon—and they were all about religious optics.

Polling data offers additional insight into what European Muslims think about the role of religion in private and public life (I’ll be focusing here on French and British Muslims, two of the ...

The French Football Federation has recently ruled against breaks for religious motives. But if French players’ attitude during the 2023 Ramadan are anything to go by, the debate is far from closed.