Acclaimed novelist Michel Houellebecq is being charged with hate speech in a Paris court over years-old comments regarding Muslim immigration.
The award-winning writer made the remarks while speaking with Front Populaire, a right-leaning magazine, in 2022. The interview included reflections on themes from his 2015 speculative fiction novel Submission, which imagines a future France governed by a Muslim majority parliament after a rise to power aided by left-wing parties.
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