Penser l’islam dans la laïcité. Les musulmans de France et la République. By Frank Frégosi. Paris: Fayard, 2008. Pp. 497. Pbk. ISBN 978-2-213-62149-4. €20.90.

Penser l’islam dans la laïcité (Understanding Islam in Laicity) is the result of about fifteen years of research on the question of Islam, laicity (laïcité), and Muslim law in France by one of the country’s leading experts.

Frégosi states his main interest as being to demon…