ABSTRACT
The word "halal" is now part of the common vocabulary, and its Gallicization or, more precisely, its Europeanization is being imposed progressively by the public debate on the Muslim presence in Europe. The author describes with the emergence of this term in the public sphere where it is mobilized with such exuberance by a diverse array of actors. This production of halal as a public category is confirmed in the political aspect that has imprinted on it a connotation of identity. Next, the author shows how the secular suspends the religious by desacralizing halal; on the one hand, as the logical consequence of sociocultural conditions in European societies and, on the other hand, as the consequence of systems specific to Islam. In light of these observations, the author concludes with a reflexive return to the notional predispositions of halal that the author believes help to explain such a success.
