Can Islam Be French?

by Bowen, John R.

• ISBN13: 9780691132839
• ISBN10: 0691132836
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-08
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

""Can Islam Be French?" is utterly fascinating and engagingly written. Together with his previous book, "Why the French Don't Like Headscarves," John Bowen has produced an unparalleled oeuvre on Islam in France."--Paul Silverstein, Reed College

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Trajectories	p. 1
Islam and the Republic	p. 3
Fashioning the French Islamic Landscape	p. 15
Migration Pathways	p. 16
Residence and Boundaries	p. 19
Religion Rising	p. 21
Authorities	p. 24
State Responses	p. 25
Where to Sacrifice?	p. 27
Where to Pray?	p. 29
Distinctive Features	p. 32
Spaces	p. 35
Mosques Facing Outward	p. 37
In the Unruly Suburbs (Clichy-sous-Bois)	p. 37
Inside the Networks (Saint-Denis)	p. 44
The Work of an Everyday Imam (Lyon)	p. 51
Mosques and Social Divisions	p. 58
Shaping Knowledge to France	p. 63
Rules, Schools, Principles	p. 63
Hichem El Arafa's CERSI	p. 66
The Science of Hadith	p. 75
The Objectives of Scripture	p. 81
Differentiating Schools	p. 85
Dimensions of Pedagogical Difference	p. 85
Hichem's View	p. 86
The Great Mosque of Paris	p. 87
Teaching the "Middle Way"	p. 89
Teaching the Four Traditions	p. 92
Objectives and Imam Mâlik	p. 95
Foregrounding God's Objectives	p. 96
What Nullifies Prayer-for a Mâlikî	p. 100
When May a Judge Pronounce a Divorce?	p. 102
Practical Training in an Islamic Ambiance	p. 105
The Future	p. 105
Institute of Useful Knowledge	p. 106
Can an Islamic School Be Republican?	p. 110
Dhaou Meskine's Success School	p. 111
A Teacher's Trajectory	p. 112
School as Symbol	p. 115
How to Teach a Secular Curriculum in a Muslim School	p. 117
Civics and Gay Couples	p. 118
Religion versus Culture	p. 120
Evolution and Islam?	p. 121
An Islamic Ambiance	p. 124
Muslim Family Camp	p. 125
Arrest	p. 129
Debates	p. 133
Should There Be an Islam for Europe?	p. 135
Thinking about Ribâ	p. 137
Different Rules for Different Lands?	p. 143
Confrontations in the Mosque	p. 149
The Transnational Islamic Sphere	p. 153
Negotiating across Realms of Justification	p. 157
Between Halâl and the Hôtel de Ville	p. 158
Why the "Halâl" Marriage?	p. 162
Convergence I: From Islam to the Secular	p. 165
The Objectives of Halâl Rules for Food	p. 169
Convergence II: From French Civil Law toward Islamic Practices	p. 173
Islamic Spheres in Republican Space	p. 179
Do Religion-Based Associations Impede Integration?	p. 180
Return to School	p. 182
A National Islamic Sphere at Le Bourget	p. 185
On Priorities and Values	p. 188
The Primacy of Secularism	p. 188
"Assimilation Defects"	p. 191
Toward a Pragmatics of Convergence	p. 196
Notes	p. 199
Bibliography	p. 217
Index	p. 227
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