The Lyon city council has so far referred to the “Ramadan market”, but environmentalists in the city council are now calling it a “market of oriental delights” to be held during the month of Ramadan.
The city of Lyon has issued a call for tenders to find an operator to organise the Ramadan market from 2023. However, the market in Bahadourian Square and the United States Quarter in Lyon (3rd and 8th districts) will be called the ” Market of Oriental Tastes “.
A tempting range of tasty croissants and other baklava. But why this semantic shift when the Lyon city council has been talking about the “Ramadan market” for over twenty years? “Because it is not a market open only to people of the Muslim faith. It is open to everyone,” Lyon city council explained. However, this information is already common knowledge.
The Lyon Greens are fawning as they are erasing all religious references. What do the Muslim authorities think about this? Kamel Kabtane, the rector of the Great Mosque of Lyon, could not be approached. Grégory Doucet, the mayor of Lyon (EELV), had twice refused to attend the ceremony of the vows of the jurors in the basilica of Fourvière, in the name of the principle of “laïcité”. The question now is whether the name “Christmas Market” will continue to exist in the Place Carnot… Will it also be renamed according to secularism? Le Progrès