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Can Islam be French? : pluralism and pragmatism in a secularist state / John R. Bowen.

Author: Bowen, John R. (John Richard), 1951-

Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2010.

Descriptionix, 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; PART ONE: Trajectories; CHAPTER ONE: Islam and the Republic; CHAPTER TWO: Fashioning the French Islamic Landscape; Migration Pathways; Religion Rising; State Responses; Distinctive Features; PART TWO: Spaces; CHAPTER THREE: Mosques Facing Outward; In the Unruly Suburbs; Inside the Networks; The Work of an Everyday Imam; 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 DifferenceObjectives and Imam M"lik; Practical Training in an Islamic Ambiance; CHAPTER SIX: Can an Islamic School Be Republican?; Dhaou Meskine's Success School; How to Teach a Secular Curriculum in a Muslim School; Muslim Family Camp; Arrest; PART THREE: Debates; CHAPTER SEVEN: Should There Be an Islam for Europe?; Thinking about Riba; Different Rules for Different Lands?; Confrontations in the Mosque; The Transnational Islamic Sphere; CHAPTER EIGHT: Negotiating across Realms of Justification; Between Hal"l and the Hotel de Ville Convergence I: From Islam to the SecularConvergence II: From French Civil Law toward Islamic Practices; CHAPTER NINE: Islamic Spheres in Republican Space; Do Religion-Based Associations Impede Integration?; On Priorities and Values; Toward a Pragmatics of Convergence; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Author:
Bowen, John R. (John Richard), 1951-
Series Statement
Princeton studies in Muslim politics
Subject:
Muslims -- France.
Islam -- France.
Islam and politics -- France.
Series Added Entry-Uniform title
Princeton studies in Muslim politics.