Preaching Muslim Loyalty in France

Rhetoric and Counter-Discourse

Bibliographic Data

ID3310180
AuthorsAbdessamad Belhaj (0009-0003-2584-0532, Ludovika University of Public Service, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume14
Issue5
Pages562
Publication date2023-04-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14050562
OpenAlexW4366826854
LanguageEN
References cited16

This paper analyzes online sermons on Muslim loyalty to non-Muslims uttered by Tareq Oubrou, one of the most prominent Muslim religious authorities in France. The aim of this study is twofold. First, Oubrou's rhetoric will be examined (especially in what pertains to the opening, the hybrid format of preaching, the languages used, citations, digital tools, and the closing). Second, Oubrou's online sermons will be addressed as a counter-narrative on loyalty intended primarily to neutralize the radical Salafi discourses which forbid any form of loyalty towards non-Muslims. Oubrou utilizes online preaching: (1) to teach wider audiences of ordinary Muslims, outside of the practicing audience who attend mosques regularly, loyalty towards non-Muslims; (2) to compete for space and authoritative discourse on Islam; and (3) to prosecute radical discourses on loyalty particularly present in the virtual space as well as among undersized, albeit active, Salafi communities in France

Art · Islam · Linguistics · Literature · Loyalty · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Rhetoric · Sociology · Theology · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development

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