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Jack-Alain Léger's Pamphlet Tartuffe fait Ramadan Critiques Islamist Clergy

publication · 2026-04-23

In a short but incisive pamphlet titled Tartuffe fait Ramadan, Jack-Alain Léger invokes Molière to denounce a 'cabale des dévots' (cabal of the devout) that attacks both the laws of the Republic and free minds resisting the takeover of society by an obscurantist Muslim clergy. The work was published in 2004 and reviewed in artpress.

Key facts

  • Jack-Alain Léger wrote the pamphlet Tartuffe fait Ramadan.
  • The pamphlet references Molière.
  • Léger criticizes a 'cabale des dévots'.
  • The cabal targets the laws of the Republic and free minds.
  • Léger warns against the influence of an obscurantist Muslim clergy.
  • The pamphlet was published in 2004.
  • The review appeared in artpress.

Entities

Artists

  • Jack-Alain Léger

Institutions

  • artpress

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