Can Islam Be French? by Bowen, John R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Dedication 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