Post Charlie Hebdo, Al-Quran Selling well in France
DDHK News, France - Since the attack on Charlie Hebdo Magazine on January 7, 2015, French citizens have been competing to study Islam. Books about Islam are selling well in the French market. Even, Al-Quran French translation entered in the top 100 best sellers on Amazon for 26 days.
“The Quran sales figures exploded. People who want information sources and get information sources ask our shops what is the best translation, "?? said Francois Maillot, general director of the bookstore La Procure, a large chain of general and religious bookstores, was quoted as saying islampos.com from pagehalal.fr (3/2).
Maillot said that at the Procure bookstore, French citizens were looking for a translation of the Koran printed by various publishers, among them Alquran translations of Denise Masson (Folio Publishers), Jacques Berque (Albin Michel Publishers) and Malek Chebel (Livre de Poche Publishers).
It was said that French citizens also came to hunt for introductory books on Islamic teachings. Two books about Islam that are selling well in between Breve histoire de lâ Islam a lâ usage de tous (A brief history of Islam and its benefits to all) by Antoine Sfeir (Bayard Publishers).
Then book Lâ Islam expresses aux enfants et a leurs parents (Explaining Islam to children and their parents) written by Tahar Ben Jelloun (Seuil Publishers).
Book Le castings explique aux jeunes (Explaining Islam to teenagers) by Rachid Benzine (Seuil Publisher), was also sold well. *
