France shuts mosque over Quran verses and Islamic texts used in Muslim worship

Middle East Eye reports that a French court has upheld the six-month closure of a mosque near Paris after authorities cited quotations from the Quran and classical Islamic texts as justification. The Chanteloup mosque in Aulnay-sous-Bois will remain closed until January. A lawyer representing the mosque argues the decision violates religious freedom and secularism in France, questioning whether imams can freely recite Islam's sacred texts. The closure is part of a broader pattern: French authorities closed twenty-two mosques in eighteen months as of April twenty twenty-two.

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