This section brings together all the analyses classified under this theme.
Jacques Robert asks whether there is a link between the princely funding of American universities by Qatar and their tolerance of anti-Semitism on campuses.
Ferghane Azihari's latest essay offers a critique of Islam, which he portrays as inherently hostile to modernity, freedom, and progress. Despite its publishing success, Vincent Tournier has noted a silence or reluctance in the media to discuss these ideas.
The recent publication of a report on academic freedom has obviously generated immense interest from the Observatory of University Ethics, especially since our Observatory is mentioned extensively in it, one of whose missions is precisely to denounce the multiple attacks on academic freedom and which has published several editorials and articles on this subject on its website.
The journalists who wrote "La Meute" denounced LFI's ideological shift toward indigenism and anti-Semitism, a cult of leadership, and hypocrisy regarding issues of sexual violence. A strategy of political conquest based on social division and militant radicalism. A report by Ivan Burel.
The best parts of Samuel Fitoussi's latest work, which highlights the ideological excesses and support given by many 20th-century intellectuals to totalitarian regimes, showing that culture and intelligence do not protect against error, but can sometimes lead to it with zeal.
Fabrice Balanche, a researcher at Lyon 2 University, was prevented from giving a lecture by masked activists claiming to be pro-Palestinian. The University Ethics Observatory responded to this climate of intimidation in a statement demanding sanctions and strong commitment from university and government authorities.
Bergeaud-Blackler responds to the arguments put forward by Karim Souanef and Julien Talpin (Mediapart), who claim that the cancellation of his lecture at the University of Lille was based on scientific and ethical reasons, not political ones. They present the case from a political angle while claiming the opposite, omitting certain elements and biasing their analysis.
The Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational organization founded in 1928, seeks to impose its theocratic vision through methodical indoctrination and adaptation to local contexts.
Taking advantage of Western freedoms, the brotherhood is gradually carrying out Islamization by targeting young people and infiltrating associative and political circles. Report of the conference by Florence Bergeaud-Blackler given at the Hauts-de-France regional council in Lille after its cancellation at the University of Lille.
The university, supposed to be a place of neutrality and scientific rigor, is drifting towards a worrying politicization, as evidenced by the recent motion of the CEPED (CNRS), which adopts a militant pro-Palestinian position. This position compromises the credibility of research and instrumentalizes the social sciences for ideological purposes. The academic institution must preserve its independence and avoid becoming a vector of political agenda.
Following the tragic events of October 7, 2023, particularly virulent mobilizations took place at the Paris Institute of Political Studies as well as in several provincial IEPs, where demonstrations were often accompanied by blockades...