Amin El-Yousfi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4252030 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amin El-Yousfi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amin |
| FAMILY NAME | El-Yousfi |
| SIGNATURE | EL-YOUSFI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hughes Hall College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3999-4933 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Muslims and mosques in France
The French state’s laïcité is characterised by a paradox of neutrality: the state claims neutrality while constantly intervening in the religious field, including in the definition of religion in relationship to categories like culture. How do Muslims navigate this paradoxical secular governmentality in relation to the legal and social representation of mosques’ activities as either religious or cultural? Muslims have been able to register new mo…
Muslim ethical self-making and secular governmentality in Europe
In recent years, scholarship on Islam in Europe has highlighted the many attempts to govern Muslims and Islam. Concerned with discussions about secularism, security, integration, or national sentiments more generally, Muslims and Islam have become a target of governmental power. However, the effects of such governmental discourses, practices, or strategies are rarely analysed. In filling this lacuna, we turn to the scholarship on Muslim ethical s…
Imams in Western Europe
This book offers a diverse collection of papers covering different aspects of religious leadership and the institutionalization of Islam in Europe. It is the outcome of a collaborative effort between Mohammed Hashas, Jan Jaap de Ruiter, Niels Valdemar Vinding and Khalid Hajji who organized an international conference in 2014 at LUISS Guido Carli University and Cabot University in Rome gathering scholars from various disciplines to discuss the cur…
Conflicting Paradigms of Religious and Bureaucratic Authority in a British Mosque
This article analyses an on-going conflict between two groups (Bargil and Kardal) over the management of a mosque located in an area near London. Based on fourteen months of intensive fieldwork, including participant observation, informal chats and semi-structured interviews, this article offers an in-depth and original account of the transformations taking place in mosques concerning the role of imams and mosque committee members. By analysing t…
Conflicting Paradigms of Religious and Bureaucratic Authority in a British Mosque
This article analyses an on-going conflict between two groups (Bargil and Kardal) over the management of a mosque located in an area near London. Based on fourteen months of intensive fieldwork, including participant observation, informal chats and semi-structured interviews, this article offers an in-depth and original account of the transformations taking place in mosques concerning the role of imams and mosque committee members. By analysing t…
Muslims and mosques in France
The French state’s laïcité is characterised by a paradox of neutrality: the state claims neutrality while constantly intervening in the religious field, including in the definition of religion in relationship to categories like culture. How do Muslims navigate this paradoxical secular governmentality in relation to the legal and social representation of mosques’ activities as either religious or cultural? Muslims have been able to register new mo…
Muslim ethical self-making and secular governmentality in Europe
In recent years, scholarship on Islam in Europe has highlighted the many attempts to govern Muslims and Islam. Concerned with discussions about secularism, security, integration, or national sentiments more generally, Muslims and Islam have become a target of governmental power. However, the effects of such governmental discourses, practices, or strategies are rarely analysed. In filling this lacuna, we turn to the scholarship on Muslim ethical s…
Imams in Western Europe
This book offers a diverse collection of papers covering different aspects of religious leadership and the institutionalization of Islam in Europe. It is the outcome of a collaborative effort between Mohammed Hashas, Jan Jaap de Ruiter, Niels Valdemar Vinding and Khalid Hajji who organized an international conference in 2014 at LUISS Guido Carli University and Cabot University in Rome gathering scholars from various disciplines to discuss the cur…
Conflicting Paradigms of Religious and Bureaucratic Authority in a British Mosque
This article analyses an on-going conflict between two groups (Bargil and Kardal) over the management of a mosque located in an area near London. Based on fourteen months of intensive fieldwork, including participant observation, informal chats and semi-structured interviews, this article offers an in-depth and original account of the transformations taking place in mosques concerning the role of imams and mosque committee members. By analysing t…
Muslims and mosques in France
The French state’s laïcité is characterised by a paradox of neutrality: the state claims neutrality while constantly intervening in the religious field, including in the definition of religion in relationship to categories like culture. How do Muslims navigate this paradoxical secular governmentality in relation to the legal and social representation of mosques’ activities as either religious or cultural? Muslims have been able to register new mo…
Muslim ethical self-making and secular governmentality in Europe
In recent years, scholarship on Islam in Europe has highlighted the many attempts to govern Muslims and Islam. Concerned with discussions about secularism, security, integration, or national sentiments more generally, Muslims and Islam have become a target of governmental power. However, the effects of such governmental discourses, practices, or strategies are rarely analysed. In filling this lacuna, we turn to the scholarship on Muslim ethical s…
Political science (4 works) · Islamic Studies and History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Governmentality (2 works) · Islam (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)