# Michel Houellebecq charged over comments about Muslims in 2022 interview

- Published: 2026-11-10T16:35:23Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T03:05:07Z
- Section: Politics
- Language: English (en)
- Source: Le Monde — https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/11/10/michel-houellebecq-charged-over-comments-about-muslims-in-2022-interview_6777028_7.html
- Tags: Le Monde · Le Monde – France
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Through his lawyers, the writer disputed the criminal charges of 'complicity in incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence against a group of people on account of their origin or their belonging or not belonging to a particular ethnicity, nation, race or religion.'

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