Christopher de Bellaigue is the author of ‘The Islamic Enlightenment: The Modern Struggle Between Faith and Reason’ (Vintage). ‘The Lion House’, the first of a trilogy about the life and court of Suleyman the Magnificent, will be published in March.
A major exhibition across 18 venues is highlighting the rich variety of Islamic art. But can it stem the growing prejudices in French society?
Ottomanism is in and modernism is out – as the state of three mosques shows
