Corinne Torrekens
Biographic Data
| ID | 911397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Corinne Torrekens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Corinne |
| FAMILY NAME | Torrekens |
| SIGNATURE | TORREKENS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7481-8188 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Mosques in Belgium: Spatial distribution, agglomeration patterns and underserved areas
Headscarf Bans in the Belgian Education System: An Empirical Insight
The headscarf, as a visible sign of religious identification, makes veiled Muslim women the subjects of wider identity politics struggles, both in their everyday experiences and in their educational choices. While many studies adopt a legal-institutional framework or discourse analysis perspective of the legislation, arguments and discourses surrounding headscarf bans, very few provide a systematic overview of the extent to which headscarf bans i…
Quand les islamogauchistes deviennent des wokes
Être jeunes, musulmans et bruxellois: Impact De La Discrimination Sur Une Identité Ostracisée
En Belgique, comme en France, depuis 1989 et les premières affaires du port du foulard à l’école, il existe un débat public presque constant sur la place de l’islam et des personne de confession musulmane dans la société belge. Dans ce cadre, les jeunes musulmans occupent souvent une forme de survisibilité médiatique en tant que groupe dont l’identité est problématisée dans l’espace public (délinquance, émeutes, terrorisme, non-respect des règles…
"Being "Both: Identifications of Second and Third Generation Brussels Muslim Youths towards the Country of Origin and the Country of Residence
In Belgium, several incidents and public debates have highlighted ethnocentric conceptions of the nation held by public opinion and prominent politicians where immigrants and particularly Muslims are marked as the unwilling "others". In this framework, immigrants maintaining ethnic identities and transnational ties is classically seen as weakening their integration in the receiving countries. Based on results drawn from 16 focus group discussions…
Young Belgian Muslims: Between religious reactivity and individualization
In Belgium, since the first instances of girls wearing headscarves in schools in 1989, the public discussion on the place of Islam and Muslims in Belgian society has been almost constant. That debate has become more polarized in the wake of the attacks of 22 March 2016. The results presented in this paper are drawn from sixteen group discussions and twenty individual semi-structured interviews. We investigate the weight of discrimination processe…
The Non-Impact of Religious Practices on the Process of Inclusion and Participation of Belgian Muslims
The various terrorist attacks carried out by the Islamic State in Europe have raised new questions about the compatibility of Islam and European “values”. Most of the studies are qualitative and have several limitations, especially regarding their ability to generalize their findings. In this paper, we show that each individual religious practice is largely followed. Second and third generations Muslims are in fact no less religious than their pa…
Islamo-gauchisme
Il reste difficile de remonter à l’origine exacte du terme islamo-gauchisme, mais il semble que la lecture tronquée d’un texte publié par le leadeur d’un mouvement trotskiste anglais en constitue la première étape. Une seconde étape peut être relevée dans des glissements sémantiques qui, d’une part, font des musulmans le nouveau prolétariat et, d’autre part, associent toute structure en lien avec l’islam à de l’islamisme
Islam en Belgique: Débats et perspectives
Concentratie van de moslimbevolking en structurering van het moslim-verenigingsleven in Brussel
Het wordt algemeen aanvaard dat 160 000 Brusselaars van moslimafkomst zijn, hetzij 17% van de bevolking van het Gewest. Aangezien de nationale statistieken geen gegevens vermelden betreffende geloofsovertuiging zijn dit noodzakelijkerwijs benaderende cijfers. Om bij te dragen tot een betere kennis van de feitelijkheid van de moslimaanwezigheid in Brussel stelt Corinne Torrekens hier een analyse voor (aantal, lokalisatie, structurering) van het ne…
Concentration des populations musulmanes et structuration de l’associatif musulman à Bruxelles
Il est généralement admis que 160 000 Bruxellois sont d’origine musulmane, soit 17 % de la population de la Région. Etant donné que les statistiques nationales ne reprennent pas de données concernant l’affiliation religieuse, ces chiffres sont forcément approximatifs. Pour aider à une meilleure appréhension factuelle de la présence musulmane à Bruxelles, Corinne Torrekens propose ici une analyse (nombre, localisation, structuration) du tissu asso…
Concentration of Muslim populations and structure of Muslim associations in Brussels
An estimate of about 160 000 persons, or 17% of the population, is generally accepted for the number of persons of Muslim origin in Brussels. Since national statistics do not include information on religious beliefs, the figure can only be an approximation. To give a more accurate factual understanding of the Muslim presence in Brussels, Corinne Torrekens proposes an analysis of the Muslim associative fabric (non-profit associations) in Brussels,…
Muslims’ religiosity and views on religion in six Western European countries: Does National Context Matter
This article investigates the impact of discursive and political opportunity structures on religiosity among Muslims and on perceived distance between Muslims and non-Muslims on the role of religion in society, making use of the EURISLAM-data-set (2010). We will focus on Moroccan, Turkish, Pakistani and ex-Yugoslavian origin samples of migrants of Muslim origin and a control group of non-Muslim majority group citizens for six participating countr…
De l’européanisation à la régionalisation des politiques d’intégration des personnes issues de l’immigration: Le cas de la Wallonie
info:eu-repo/semantics/published
The impact of dramatic events on public debate concerning accommodation of Islam in Europe
Using the data of the EURISLAM project, this article investigates the impact of dramatic events on the public debate with regard to Islam in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK. It assesses the extent to which dramatic events such as 9/11, the bombings in Madrid and London and the murder of Theo Van Gogh in Amsterdam impacted on the debate on multiculturalism, notably the accommodation of Western-European institution…
Mosques and Municipalities in Belgium: Negotiating Urban Spaces
In Brussels, the Muslim population is numerous in certain areas. However, on a national level, Muslims represent a minority in qualitative and asymmetrical power relations that ascribe them with a different identity from the norm. This makes the formation of public policy responses around the installation of mosques the appropriate medium to analyze how Belgian society regulates Islamic presence and accommodates Muslims in the public space of a m…
L’espace de la mosquée à Bruxelles: Nouveaux liens sociaux et investissement politique
La mosquée n’est pas seulement un espace religieux dévoué à la seule célébration du culte mais également un espace social permettant l’émergence de réseaux de solidarité, un centre d’enseignement, etc. Qu’en est-il de l’évolution de son espace dans le cadre de l’implantation de la religion musulmane dans les anciennes sociétés européennes d’immigration ? Dans le contexte de l’islam transplanté en Europe, la mosquée a étendu ses fonctions traditio…
The impact of dramatic events on public debate concerning accommodation of Islam in Europe
Using the data of the EURISLAM project, this article investigates the impact of dramatic events on the public debate with regard to Islam in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK. It assesses the extent to which dramatic events such as 9/11, the bombings in Madrid and London and the murder of Theo Van Gogh in Amsterdam impacted on the debate on multiculturalism, notably the accommodation of Western-European institution…
Muslims’ religiosity and views on religion in six Western European countries: Does National Context Matter
This article investigates the impact of discursive and political opportunity structures on religiosity among Muslims and on perceived distance between Muslims and non-Muslims on the role of religion in society, making use of the EURISLAM-data-set (2010). We will focus on Moroccan, Turkish, Pakistani and ex-Yugoslavian origin samples of migrants of Muslim origin and a control group of non-Muslim majority group citizens for six participating countr…
"Being "Both: Identifications of Second and Third Generation Brussels Muslim Youths towards the Country of Origin and the Country of Residence
In Belgium, several incidents and public debates have highlighted ethnocentric conceptions of the nation held by public opinion and prominent politicians where immigrants and particularly Muslims are marked as the unwilling "others". In this framework, immigrants maintaining ethnic identities and transnational ties is classically seen as weakening their integration in the receiving countries. Based on results drawn from 16 focus group discussions…
Mosques and Municipalities in Belgium: Negotiating Urban Spaces
In Brussels, the Muslim population is numerous in certain areas. However, on a national level, Muslims represent a minority in qualitative and asymmetrical power relations that ascribe them with a different identity from the norm. This makes the formation of public policy responses around the installation of mosques the appropriate medium to analyze how Belgian society regulates Islamic presence and accommodates Muslims in the public space of a m…
L’espace de la mosquée à Bruxelles: Nouveaux liens sociaux et investissement politique
La mosquée n’est pas seulement un espace religieux dévoué à la seule célébration du culte mais également un espace social permettant l’émergence de réseaux de solidarité, un centre d’enseignement, etc. Qu’en est-il de l’évolution de son espace dans le cadre de l’implantation de la religion musulmane dans les anciennes sociétés européennes d’immigration ? Dans le contexte de l’islam transplanté en Europe, la mosquée a étendu ses fonctions traditio…
The Non-Impact of Religious Practices on the Process of Inclusion and Participation of Belgian Muslims
The various terrorist attacks carried out by the Islamic State in Europe have raised new questions about the compatibility of Islam and European “values”. Most of the studies are qualitative and have several limitations, especially regarding their ability to generalize their findings. In this paper, we show that each individual religious practice is largely followed. Second and third generations Muslims are in fact no less religious than their pa…
L’espace de la mosquée à Bruxelles: Nouveaux liens sociaux et investissement politique
La mosquée n’est pas seulement un espace religieux dévoué à la seule célébration du culte mais également un espace social permettant l’émergence de réseaux de solidarité, un centre d’enseignement, etc. Qu’en est-il de l’évolution de son espace dans le cadre de l’implantation de la religion musulmane dans les anciennes sociétés européennes d’immigration ? Dans le contexte de l’islam transplanté en Europe, la mosquée a étendu ses fonctions traditio…
The impact of dramatic events on public debate concerning accommodation of Islam in Europe
Using the data of the EURISLAM project, this article investigates the impact of dramatic events on the public debate with regard to Islam in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK. It assesses the extent to which dramatic events such as 9/11, the bombings in Madrid and London and the murder of Theo Van Gogh in Amsterdam impacted on the debate on multiculturalism, notably the accommodation of Western-European institution…
Mosques and Municipalities in Belgium: Negotiating Urban Spaces
In Brussels, the Muslim population is numerous in certain areas. However, on a national level, Muslims represent a minority in qualitative and asymmetrical power relations that ascribe them with a different identity from the norm. This makes the formation of public policy responses around the installation of mosques the appropriate medium to analyze how Belgian society regulates Islamic presence and accommodates Muslims in the public space of a m…
De l’européanisation à la régionalisation des politiques d’intégration des personnes issues de l’immigration: Le cas de la Wallonie
info:eu-repo/semantics/published
Concentratie van de moslimbevolking en structurering van het moslim-verenigingsleven in Brussel
Het wordt algemeen aanvaard dat 160 000 Brusselaars van moslimafkomst zijn, hetzij 17% van de bevolking van het Gewest. Aangezien de nationale statistieken geen gegevens vermelden betreffende geloofsovertuiging zijn dit noodzakelijkerwijs benaderende cijfers. Om bij te dragen tot een betere kennis van de feitelijkheid van de moslimaanwezigheid in Brussel stelt Corinne Torrekens hier een analyse voor (aantal, lokalisatie, structurering) van het ne…
Concentration des populations musulmanes et structuration de l’associatif musulman à Bruxelles
Il est généralement admis que 160 000 Bruxellois sont d’origine musulmane, soit 17 % de la population de la Région. Etant donné que les statistiques nationales ne reprennent pas de données concernant l’affiliation religieuse, ces chiffres sont forcément approximatifs. Pour aider à une meilleure appréhension factuelle de la présence musulmane à Bruxelles, Corinne Torrekens propose ici une analyse (nombre, localisation, structuration) du tissu asso…
Concentration of Muslim populations and structure of Muslim associations in Brussels
An estimate of about 160 000 persons, or 17% of the population, is generally accepted for the number of persons of Muslim origin in Brussels. Since national statistics do not include information on religious beliefs, the figure can only be an approximation. To give a more accurate factual understanding of the Muslim presence in Brussels, Corinne Torrekens proposes an analysis of the Muslim associative fabric (non-profit associations) in Brussels,…
Muslims’ religiosity and views on religion in six Western European countries: Does National Context Matter
This article investigates the impact of discursive and political opportunity structures on religiosity among Muslims and on perceived distance between Muslims and non-Muslims on the role of religion in society, making use of the EURISLAM-data-set (2010). We will focus on Moroccan, Turkish, Pakistani and ex-Yugoslavian origin samples of migrants of Muslim origin and a control group of non-Muslim majority group citizens for six participating countr…
Islamo-gauchisme
Il reste difficile de remonter à l’origine exacte du terme islamo-gauchisme, mais il semble que la lecture tronquée d’un texte publié par le leadeur d’un mouvement trotskiste anglais en constitue la première étape. Une seconde étape peut être relevée dans des glissements sémantiques qui, d’une part, font des musulmans le nouveau prolétariat et, d’autre part, associent toute structure en lien avec l’islam à de l’islamisme
Islam en Belgique: Débats et perspectives
The Non-Impact of Religious Practices on the Process of Inclusion and Participation of Belgian Muslims
The various terrorist attacks carried out by the Islamic State in Europe have raised new questions about the compatibility of Islam and European “values”. Most of the studies are qualitative and have several limitations, especially regarding their ability to generalize their findings. In this paper, we show that each individual religious practice is largely followed. Second and third generations Muslims are in fact no less religious than their pa…
Young Belgian Muslims: Between religious reactivity and individualization
In Belgium, since the first instances of girls wearing headscarves in schools in 1989, the public discussion on the place of Islam and Muslims in Belgian society has been almost constant. That debate has become more polarized in the wake of the attacks of 22 March 2016. The results presented in this paper are drawn from sixteen group discussions and twenty individual semi-structured interviews. We investigate the weight of discrimination processe…
Être jeunes, musulmans et bruxellois: Impact De La Discrimination Sur Une Identité Ostracisée
En Belgique, comme en France, depuis 1989 et les premières affaires du port du foulard à l’école, il existe un débat public presque constant sur la place de l’islam et des personne de confession musulmane dans la société belge. Dans ce cadre, les jeunes musulmans occupent souvent une forme de survisibilité médiatique en tant que groupe dont l’identité est problématisée dans l’espace public (délinquance, émeutes, terrorisme, non-respect des règles…
"Being "Both: Identifications of Second and Third Generation Brussels Muslim Youths towards the Country of Origin and the Country of Residence
In Belgium, several incidents and public debates have highlighted ethnocentric conceptions of the nation held by public opinion and prominent politicians where immigrants and particularly Muslims are marked as the unwilling "others". In this framework, immigrants maintaining ethnic identities and transnational ties is classically seen as weakening their integration in the receiving countries. Based on results drawn from 16 focus group discussions…
Quand les islamogauchistes deviennent des wokes
Headscarf Bans in the Belgian Education System: An Empirical Insight
The headscarf, as a visible sign of religious identification, makes veiled Muslim women the subjects of wider identity politics struggles, both in their everyday experiences and in their educational choices. While many studies adopt a legal-institutional framework or discourse analysis perspective of the legislation, arguments and discourses surrounding headscarf bans, very few provide a systematic overview of the extent to which headscarf bans i…
Mosques in Belgium: Spatial distribution, agglomeration patterns and underserved areas
Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (11 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Geography (5 works) · Humanities (5 works) · Islam (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Religious Education and Schools (4 works)