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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Auteur principal: Achi, Raberh (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2021
Dans: Political theology
Année: 2021, Volume: 22, Numéro: 2, Pages: 130-137
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Frankreich / Algerien / Laicità / Islam / Colonia / Geschichte 1905
RelBib Classification:AD Sociologie des religions
BJ Islam
CG Christianisme et politique
KAH Époque moderne
KBG France
KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord
Sujets non-standardisés:B Laïcité
B Islam
B Algeria
B France
B Republicanism
B Exception
B Colonization
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Résumé: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
Contient:Enthalten in: Political theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2021.1885831