Secularism as an Anti-Religious Conspiracy

Salafi Challenges to French laïcité

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3734741
AutoresAbdessamad Belhaj (0009-0003-2584-0532, Ludovika University of Public Service, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen15
Número5
Páginas546
Fecha de publicación2024-04-28
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel15050546
OpenAlexW4396567406
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas15

Regarding organizational power, Salafism in France is a minority of dispersed groups emerging on the periphery of the Muslim French space. However, it can be regarded as a discursive force that has influenced significantly French discussions about Islam. Specifically, one of the most contentious positions in French political and intellectual discourse at the moment is Salafi vehement rejection of laïcité as a conspiracy against religion in general and Islam in particular. This article provides a close reading of three Salafi and neo-traditionalist discourses on secularism written by well-known theologians and intellectuals associated with this school of thought: Youssef Hindi, Kareem El Hidjaazi, and Aïssam Aït-Yahya. Investigative in nature, our aim is to comprehend the fundamental criticisms of French secularism and the rhetorical devices these Salafi and neo-traditionalist discourses have been using for the past ten years

Islam · Political science · Secularism · Sociology · Theology · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence