Secularism Confronts Islam
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285 g
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217 x 149 x 17 mm
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The denunciation of fundamentalism in France, embodied in the law against the veil and the deportation of imams, has shifted into a systematic attack on all Muslims and Islam. This hostility is rooted in the belief that Islam cannot be integrated into French& mdash;and, consequently, secular and liberal-society. However, as Olivier Roy makes clear in this book, Muslim intellectuals have made it possible for Muslims to live concretely in a secularized world while maintaining the identity of a "true believer." They have formulated a language that recognizes two spaces: that of religion and that of secular society.
Explains how Muslim intellectuals have made it possible for Muslims to live concretely in a secularized world while maintaining the identity of a true believer. This book presents an argument that western society is unable to recognize this process because of a cultural bias.
PrefaceIntroduction: Laïcité and the Identity of France1. French Laïcité and Islam: Which Is the Exception?2. Islam and Secularization3. The Crisis of the Secular State and the New Forms of Religiosity4. De Facto SecularizationNotesIndex