Transmitting Faith in the Republic:Muslim Schooling in Modern Plural France |
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| Authors: | Carol A Ferrara |
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| Institution: | Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Abstract: | This article explores and analyzes private Muslim schooling in France using ethnographic research performed in 2013–2014 in Lille-, Lyon-, and Paris-based Muslim schools. The article discusses the course content and the interpretations of Islam that are taught, demonstrating how French republican values are fused together with Islam to promote a specific brand of French Muslim citizenship and identity. I argue that Muslim schools should be seen as part of the process of the normalization of Muslim-based civic engagement and that they represent a particular response to France's new plurality that reinterprets the boundaries of “French” and “Muslim.” |
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