Zakaria Sajir
Biographic Data
| ID | 165064 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zakaria Sajir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zakaria |
| FAMILY NAME | Sajir |
| SIGNATURE | SAJIR Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Salamanca |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4980-7131 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Stratified inclusion
Spain’s regime of religious diversity is marked by a gap between formal commitments to pluralism and systemic exclusions produced through legal, normative, and spatial asymmetries. This article argues that technocratic “diversity management” depoliticizes diversity, marginalizes minority agency, and sustains “selective secularism”, whereby majority Catholicism is culturalized while minority expressions, especially those read as Muslim or associat…
Selective Secularism and the Governance of Religious Diversity in German Case Law
This article offers a case-illustrative socio-legal analysis of five decisions of German ordinary courts concerning Muslim prayer and halal food in prison, Islam-coded public performance in urban space, minority community mediation in criminal justice and male circumcision as a ritual controversy involving Muslim and Jewish communities. Building on comparative work on “moderate secularism” and using cases identified through the CUREDI database, i…
From selective secularism to transcultural agency in Spain’s religious diversity governance
This article interrogates the governance of religious and ethnic diversity in contemporary Spain, advancing a critical analysis of selective secularism as a meta-governance logic that structures symbolic hierarchies and practical exclusions. Selective secularism operates through the culturalisation of Catholicism as “neutral” national heritage and the religionisation of minority, especially Muslim, cultural expressions, reinforcing asymmetrical r…
Manufacturing Crisis, Governing Instability
Human mobility is not an anomaly but a historical constant that has been systematically governed, stratified and racialised. This article reconceptualises the “migration crisis” not as an exceptional event but as a political-ecological crisis regime that manufactures crisis, organises instability and legitimises violence at and beyond borders. Bringing together political ecology, world-ecology, governmentality and debates on racial capitalism, it…
Mapping discrimination in Spain
This article analyses structural inequalities and policy responses to discrimination in Spain through a critical documentary analysis of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) country reports (2014–2022). Discrimination disproportionately affects racialised and minority groups, impacting economic mobility, social cohesion, and mental health. While Spain has implemented measures to address these challenges, enforcement remains a critical issue. This …
Religious Diversity in Post-Secular Societies
Recuperar la nacionalidad como premio. Utilitarismo migratorio y pensamiento de Estado en el programa Visar en España
Este artículo aplica las teorías críticas de Abdelmalek Sayad sobre la gestión migratoria estatal al análisis del programa VISAR, un proyecto del Estado español dirigido a descendientes de españoles residentes en Argentina. Sayad, destacado por su enfoque sobre cómo los Estados moldean la movilidad humana, proporciona una lente teórica que permite entender el profundo componente político de esta iniciativa. El caso del VISAR constituye un reflejo…
Desinformación e islamofobia en tiempos de infodemia. Un análisis sociológico desde España
El presente artículo realiza una exploración sociológica de la desinformación a partir del análisis de bulos de carácter islamófobo en España durante los primeros meses de la irrupción de la COVID-19. Nuestra hipótesis sitúa el foco de la investigación en las dinámicas sociológicas surgidas a partir de la interacción entre las networked connections, el entorno informativo asimétrico y la irrupción de la derecha radical. Tras la explicación de la …
They think you belong to them
c) 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properlycited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted M…
A Post-Secular Approach to Managing Diversity in Liberal Democracies
This article delves into the pressing challenges confronting liberal democracies in Western Europe as they grapple with managing religious diversity, with a specific focus on Muslim minorities. Historically, the secularization paradigm has been at the forefront of managing such diversity; however, its intrinsic limitations become increasingly evident in the context of super-diversity, underscoring the need for a paradigmatic shift toward post-sec…
A life on standby”. The effects of irregular status and the pursuit of regularity on the quality of life of unaccompanied minors in Spain
This article aims at discussing the intersections between unaccompanied migrant minors' (UAM) irregular status and its consequences for their quality of life by focusing on the Spanish context. The research is based on the data collected during a qualitative fieldwork conducted by the authors in a specific reception centre, Sant Joan de Déu-Terres de Lleida, in the province of Lleida (Catalonia) that consisted of 12 in-depth interviews with UAMs,…
The Oxford handbook of citizenship
The fact that a subject like Citizenship has its own collection of handbooks is in itself a clear indication of its importance in academic circles. The several handbooks on citizenship studies also
They think you belong to them
c) 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properlycited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted M…
Desinformación e islamofobia en tiempos de infodemia. Un análisis sociológico desde España
El presente artículo realiza una exploración sociológica de la desinformación a partir del análisis de bulos de carácter islamófobo en España durante los primeros meses de la irrupción de la COVID-19. Nuestra hipótesis sitúa el foco de la investigación en las dinámicas sociológicas surgidas a partir de la interacción entre las networked connections, el entorno informativo asimétrico y la irrupción de la derecha radical. Tras la explicación de la …
A Post-Secular Approach to Managing Diversity in Liberal Democracies
This article delves into the pressing challenges confronting liberal democracies in Western Europe as they grapple with managing religious diversity, with a specific focus on Muslim minorities. Historically, the secularization paradigm has been at the forefront of managing such diversity; however, its intrinsic limitations become increasingly evident in the context of super-diversity, underscoring the need for a paradigmatic shift toward post-sec…
The Oxford handbook of citizenship
The fact that a subject like Citizenship has its own collection of handbooks is in itself a clear indication of its importance in academic circles. The several handbooks on citizenship studies also
A life on standby”. The effects of irregular status and the pursuit of regularity on the quality of life of unaccompanied minors in Spain
This article aims at discussing the intersections between unaccompanied migrant minors' (UAM) irregular status and its consequences for their quality of life by focusing on the Spanish context. The research is based on the data collected during a qualitative fieldwork conducted by the authors in a specific reception centre, Sant Joan de Déu-Terres de Lleida, in the province of Lleida (Catalonia) that consisted of 12 in-depth interviews with UAMs,…
Desinformación e islamofobia en tiempos de infodemia. Un análisis sociológico desde España
El presente artículo realiza una exploración sociológica de la desinformación a partir del análisis de bulos de carácter islamófobo en España durante los primeros meses de la irrupción de la COVID-19. Nuestra hipótesis sitúa el foco de la investigación en las dinámicas sociológicas surgidas a partir de la interacción entre las networked connections, el entorno informativo asimétrico y la irrupción de la derecha radical. Tras la explicación de la …
They think you belong to them
c) 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properlycited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted M…
A Post-Secular Approach to Managing Diversity in Liberal Democracies
This article delves into the pressing challenges confronting liberal democracies in Western Europe as they grapple with managing religious diversity, with a specific focus on Muslim minorities. Historically, the secularization paradigm has been at the forefront of managing such diversity; however, its intrinsic limitations become increasingly evident in the context of super-diversity, underscoring the need for a paradigmatic shift toward post-sec…
Recuperar la nacionalidad como premio. Utilitarismo migratorio y pensamiento de Estado en el programa Visar en España
Este artículo aplica las teorías críticas de Abdelmalek Sayad sobre la gestión migratoria estatal al análisis del programa VISAR, un proyecto del Estado español dirigido a descendientes de españoles residentes en Argentina. Sayad, destacado por su enfoque sobre cómo los Estados moldean la movilidad humana, proporciona una lente teórica que permite entender el profundo componente político de esta iniciativa. El caso del VISAR constituye un reflejo…
Religious Diversity in Post-Secular Societies
Stratified inclusion
Spain’s regime of religious diversity is marked by a gap between formal commitments to pluralism and systemic exclusions produced through legal, normative, and spatial asymmetries. This article argues that technocratic “diversity management” depoliticizes diversity, marginalizes minority agency, and sustains “selective secularism”, whereby majority Catholicism is culturalized while minority expressions, especially those read as Muslim or associat…
Selective Secularism and the Governance of Religious Diversity in German Case Law
This article offers a case-illustrative socio-legal analysis of five decisions of German ordinary courts concerning Muslim prayer and halal food in prison, Islam-coded public performance in urban space, minority community mediation in criminal justice and male circumcision as a ritual controversy involving Muslim and Jewish communities. Building on comparative work on “moderate secularism” and using cases identified through the CUREDI database, i…
From selective secularism to transcultural agency in Spain’s religious diversity governance
This article interrogates the governance of religious and ethnic diversity in contemporary Spain, advancing a critical analysis of selective secularism as a meta-governance logic that structures symbolic hierarchies and practical exclusions. Selective secularism operates through the culturalisation of Catholicism as “neutral” national heritage and the religionisation of minority, especially Muslim, cultural expressions, reinforcing asymmetrical r…
Manufacturing Crisis, Governing Instability
Human mobility is not an anomaly but a historical constant that has been systematically governed, stratified and racialised. This article reconceptualises the “migration crisis” not as an exceptional event but as a political-ecological crisis regime that manufactures crisis, organises instability and legitimises violence at and beyond borders. Bringing together political ecology, world-ecology, governmentality and debates on racial capitalism, it…
Mapping discrimination in Spain
This article analyses structural inequalities and policy responses to discrimination in Spain through a critical documentary analysis of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) country reports (2014–2022). Discrimination disproportionately affects racialised and minority groups, impacting economic mobility, social cohesion, and mental health. While Spain has implemented measures to address these challenges, enforcement remains a critical issue. This …
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (4 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Corporate governance (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Religious Freedom and Discrimination (3 works)