Muslims and mosques in France: navigating the ‘cultural/religious’ dichotomy through God’s witnessing and the holism of Islam

The French state’s laïcité is characterised by a paradox of neutrality: the state claims neutrality while constantly intervening in the religious field, including in the definition of religion in relationship to categories like culture. How do Muslims navigate this paradoxical secular governmentalit...

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Main Author: El-Yousfi, Amin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2021
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2021, Volume: 49, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 297-313
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B France / Laicism / Islam / Holism / Mosque / Cultural identity / Religious identity
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
KBG France
Further subjects:B Mosques
B Islam
B Religion
B France
B Secularism
B Culture
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