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...

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1. VerfasserIn: Achi, Raberh (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2021
In: Political theology
Jahr: 2021, Band: 22, Heft: 2, Seiten: 130-137
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Frankreich / Algerien / Laizität / Islam / Kolonie / Geschichte 1905
RelBib Classification:AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik
BJ Islam
CG Christentum und Politik
KAH Kirchengeschichte 1648-1913; Neuzeit
KBG Frankreich
KBL Naher Osten; Nordafrika
weitere Schlagwörter:B Laïcité
B Islam
B Algeria
B France
B Republicanism
B Exception
B Colonization
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1743-1719
Enthält:Enthalten in: Political theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2021.1885831