(Radio France) The rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris has confirmed that he has decided to drop his complaint against award-winning French writer Michel Houellebecq over “violent comments” targeting Muslims made during a recent interview.
In a statement issued on Friday — the day after a meeting between the two men — the mosque’s rector Chems-Eddine Hafiz said that “after having taken note of the modifications” of the remarks made by Michel Houellebecq and “of the regrets he expressed,” the Grand Mosque of Paris has decided to drop legal proceedings against him.
Last week, Hafiz denounced “violent” and “extremely grave” remarks made by Houellebecq against Muslims published in the November edition of the “counter-culture” magazine Front populaire.
