On May 27 2026, the start of Eid al-Kebir, residents in several French cities reported disturbances from loudspeaker calls to prayer.
Teachers at a school in Bry-sur-Marne sent a letter the following week to Mayor Charles Aslangul. They expressed unease over religious psalmodies heard in the background for about an hour and a half. Anthropologist Florence Bergeaud-Blackler noted that the issue is not freedom of worship, which is guaranteed by law, but the gradual transformation of religious practices into territorial and political markers. Mayors are on the front line facing growing pressure that includes street prayers and calls to prayer, according to the analysis cited in the article.
