Contents
Acknowledgments
PART ONE: Trajectories
CHAPTER ONE
Islam and the Republic
CHAPTER TWO
Fashioning the French Islamic Landscape
Migration Pathways
Residence and Boundaries
Religion Rising
Authorities
State Responses
Where to Sacrifice?
Where to Pray?
Distinctive Features
PART TWO: Spaces
CHAPTER THREE
Mosques Facing Outward
In the Unruly Suburbs (Clichy-sous-Bois)
Inside the Networks (Saint-Denis)
The Work of an Everyday Imam (Lyon)
Mosques and Social Divisions
CHAPTER FOUR
Shaping Knowledge to France
Rules, Schools, Principles
Hichem El Arafa’s CERSI
The Science of Hadith
The Objectives of Scripture
CHAPTER FIVE
Differentiating Schools
Dimensions of Pedagogical Difference
Hichem’s View
The Great Mosque of Paris
Teaching the “Middle Way”
Teaching the Four Traditions
Objectives and Imam Mâlik
Foregrounding God’s Objectives
What Nullifies Prayer—for a Mâlikî
When May a Judge Pronounce a Divorce?
Practical Training in an Islamic Ambiance
The Future
Institute of Useful Knowledge
CHAPTER SIX
Can an Islamic School Be Republican?
Dhaou Meskine’s Success School
A Teacher’s Trajectory
School as Symbol
How to Teach a Secular Curriculum in a Muslim School
Civics and Gay Couples
Religion versus Culture
Evolution and Islam?
An Islamic Ambiance
Muslim Family Camp
Arrest
PART THREE: Debates
CHAPTER SEVEN
Should There Be an Islam for Europe?
Thinking about Ribâ
Different Rules for Different Lands?
Confrontations in the Mosque
The Transnational Islamic Sphere
CHAPTER EIGHT
Negotiating across Realms of Justification
Between Halâl and the Hôtel de Ville
Why the “Halâl” Marriage?
Convergence I: From Islam to the Secular
The Objectives of Halâl Rules for Food
Convergence II: From French Civil Law toward Islamic Practices
CHAPTER NINE
Islamic Spheres in Republican Space
Do Religion-Based Associations Impede Integration?
Return to School
A National Islamic Sphere at Le Bourget
On Priorities and Values
The Primacy of Secularism
“Assimilation Defects”
Toward a Pragmatics of Convergence
Notes
Bibliography
Index