A Counter-History of Laïcité: France and Islam in 1905
Islam is typically presented as the most recent religion to have established itself on French territory, and as having been absent from the French religious landscape when the well-known law separating church and state was passed in 1905. The purpose of this article is to overturn this narrative. It...
| Published in: | Political theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2021
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Political theology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
France
/ Algeria
/ Laicism
/ Islam
/ Colony
/ Geschichte 1905
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam CG Christianity and Politics KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBG France KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Laïcité
B Islam B Algeria B France B Republicanism B Exception B Colonization |
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| Summary: | Islam is typically presented as the most recent religion to have established itself on French territory, and as having been absent from the French religious landscape when the well-known law separating church and state was passed in 1905. The purpose of this article is to overturn this narrative. It demonstrates that not only was the Muslim religion widely present in France, particularly in its Algerian départements, but that proof exists of debates on the law's application in the colonial empire shortly after its passage. In the regions where Islam was the majority religion, the state chose either not to apply the law or, when legal restrictions and republican discipline were too strong – this only applied to Algeria until its independence en 1962 – to develop a regime of exception that allowed for control of the Muslim religion. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2021.1885831 |