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Exploring France’s Charming Environment – Steps Towards Agriculture Sustainability

You have the opportunity to discover how France's stunning landscapes are being preserved through innovative agricultural practices. This blog post will guide you through...

France: Miviludes Convicted for Having Stigmatized a Kibbutz

In France, Miviludes is a sub-agency of the Ministry of Interior, dedicated to fight against what they call “cults”, which encompasses a large variety...

French media and Miviludes are contributing to the creation of a fearful environment for religious minorities

The Miviludes (Mission  interministérielle de vigilance et de lutte contre les dérives sectaires) is the country’s  main institution for the fight against sectarian risks. Established in 2002, its mission is to watch  and combat what it considers to be groups that pose a risk to public order or individual freedoms.  Nonetheless, over the years Miviludes has come under increasing scrutiny for the lack of transparency, the  sensationalist rhetoric and the questionable methodologies. Also, its relationship with the media is rather close which has created  a feedback loop that amplifies the public fears and stigmatizes religious minorities.

Police raids on Romanian yoga centers in France, one year later

On 28 November, it will be one year since a SWAT team of around 175 policemen wearing black masks, helmets, and bullet proof vests,...

The leader of the independence protests in New Caledonia arrested

Police in New Caledonia have arrested the leader of the country's independence protest, Reuters reports. Christian Thane was detained before giving a press conference....

Book Anticultism in France in 2024: Personal Stories and Battles

In a world that often misunderstands and ostracizes unconventional beliefs, Donald A. Westbrook’s groundbreaking 2024 book, Anticultism in France, emerges as a beacon of scholarship...

France’s National Library has placed four books from the 19th century under “quarantine”

The National Library of France has placed four books from the 19th century "under quarantine", reported AFP. The reason is that their covers contain arsenic. The...

France, the new law to fight against “sectarian abuses” in the field of health, subject to the control of the Constitutional Council

On April 15th, over sixty members of the National Assembly and over sixty Senators referred the newly adopted law “to reinforce the fight against sectarian abuses” to the Constitutional Council for an a priori control of constitutionality pursuant to Article 61-2 of the Constitution.

Covered in controversy: France’s bid to ban religious symbols imperils diversity at Paris 2024 Olympics

With the 2024 Paris Olympics fast approaching, a heated debate over religious symbols has erupted in France, pitting the country’s strict secularism against the...

30,000 EUR fine if you give out where there is a police post!

The police in Spain have warned that they will now strictly enforce these sanctions, and the same is expected in France.
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