Source: European Parliament
Priority question for written answer P-001563/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Jean-Paul Garraud (PfE)
‘Journal du Dimanche’ recently revealed that the European Research Council has allocated almost EUR 10 million to a project entitled ‘The European Qu’ran’, the aim of which is to demonstrate the supposedly positive influence of the Qu’ran on European identity between the 12th and 19th centuries.
At a time when Europe is facing a persistent Islamist threat, such funding raises questions. The press points to the involvement of researchers with links to Islamist circles and an evident willingness to rewrite our shared history from an ideological perspective.
At a time when Islamism is poisoning our societies, and when people from the Muslim world are emigrating to Europe with no intention of integrating, such a project appears particularly out of place, as it encourages a discourse that decries the foundations of our civilisation.
- 1.How does the Commission justify such use of European funds, given the ideological risks that have been identified?
- 2.Does it consider that the trivialisation of ideologies that are contrary to EU values should be funded by the European taxpayer?
- 3.Could it fund a project demonstrating the Bible’s influence on European identity?
Submitted: 16.4.2025