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The Concordat in Alsace-Moselle is the part of the local law in Alsace-Moselle relating to the official status accorded to certain religions in these territories.
This Concordat is a remnant of the Napoleonic Concordat of 1801. The 1801 Concordat was abrogated in the rest of France by the law of 1905 on the separation of church and state. However, at the time, Alsace-Moselle had been annexed by Germany, so the Concordat remained in force in these areas. The Concordat recognises four religious traditions in Alsace-Moselle: three branches of Christianity (Catholicism, Lutheranism and Reformed) plus Judaism. Therefore, the French concept of laïcité, a rigid separation of church and state, does not apply in this region.[1]
Several French governments have considered repealing the Concordat, but none have done so. On 21 February 2013, the Constitutional Council of France upheld the Concordat, reaffirming its validity, in response to an appeal from a secularist group which claimed that the Concordat in Alsace-Moselle contradicted the secular nature of the French Republic.[2][3]
- ^ "Church-state tie opens door for mosque". The New York Times. 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- ^ "French challenge to exception of Alsace Moselle from separation law fails". National Secular Society. 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- ^ "L'Alsace-Moselle garde le concordat". Le Figaro. 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
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