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Does the term “frérisme” clarify or obscure the public debate?
In an op-ed published on May 13, 2026, in the Quebec daily Le Devoir, Mounia Aït Kabboura, a sociologist of Islam, and sociologist Samir Amghar examine the growing use of the word “frérisme” (Brotherhood-is...
to 28/11/22 to 30/11/22
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Radicalisation leading to violence in the name of Islam: for a France-Quebec referential | EJC 2022
The 34th Entretiens Jacques Cartier will take place in Quebec from 28 to 30 November 2022. A group of Canadian and French researchers will hold a one-day conference on the theme of radicalisation studies. A...
to 18/11/21 to 19/11/21
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Conference / Religious authority in Islam
Conference organised by the Centre d’études des cultures et des religions (UCLy, Lyon) on 18 and 19 November 2021 Presentation Being a repository of authority or being recognised as a place of authori...
Mohamed-Ali Adraoui
Docteur en science politique, spécialiste du salafisme, du jihadisme et de l’islamisme contemporains
Juan Macias Amoretti
Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies
Cédric Baylocq
Anthropologue, Chercheur associé à l’Institut de Science et Théologie des Religions, Institut catholique de Paris
Amina Drhimeur
Doctorante en science politique à Sciences Po Lyon
Anna Hager
Chercheuse associée Post-doctorante Enseignante
Sarah Marusek
Research fellow in international relations
Paolo Gonzaga Paolo
Researcher
Wael Saleh
Professeur associé à l’Institut d’études internationales de Montréal (IEIM), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).
Amany Fouad Salib
Associate Researcher at the Centre of Research on Immigration, Ethnicity and Citizenship
Haoues Seniguer
Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Science Po Lyon
Michel Younès
Professeur en théologie et islamologie
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The grammar of sacred violence: A critical discourse analysis of radical Islamist writings
This article offers a discursive analysis of two contemporary Islamist texts that present violence not as a deviation from religious normativity, but as its necessary, even redemptive expression. It examine...
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Sayyid Qutb. Architect of Radical Islamism
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Salafist Movements in Europe: Between Local and Transnational Mobilizations
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The representation of non-Islamist Muslims in Sunni Islamist discourse
Full lecture title : ‘The representation of non-Islamist Muslims in Sunni Islamist discourse: an intra-religious otherness?’ In what ways do non-Brother Muslims (especially secular, liberal and ...
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Radical evil and the Canadian multiculturalist otherness
The “radical evil” that tore Europe apart in the 20th century was totalitarianism (Hannah Arendt). Today, this evil has been reincarnated into a barbaric radicalisation that undermines societies...
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Islamists and international relations
Full title of the conference: “Islamists and International Relations. What worldview? What diplomatic practices? Emergence, evolution and amendment of a culturalist and antagonistic theory of world sp...
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Fundamental and applied Islamology
Lecture given on 14 October 2021 at the Catholic University of Lyon during the conference « Radicalisation leading to violence in the name of Islam, Epistemological, methodological and ethical approaches an...
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From Applied Islamology to Applied Islamismology
Lecture given on 14 October 2021 at the Catholic University of Lyon during the conference “Radicalisation leading to violence in the name of Islam, Epistemological, methodological and ethical approach...
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Violence and Jihad in Islam: From the War of Words to the Clashes of Definitions
This article explores the phenomena of violence and jihad in three parts: their emergence and trajectory in the Qur’anic text, their meanings, and their entanglement with the religious cause. The objective ...
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Violence in Early Islam. Religious Narratives, the Arab Conquests and the Canonization of Jihad
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The (neo) Muslim Brothers and the new capitalist spirit
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The Theory of Inclusion / Moderation as a Gate to Islamic Populism: The Case of the Muslim Brotherhood (Egypt, Palestine, Jordan and Syria)
Original title : La Teoría de la Inclusión/Moderación como puerta hacia el Populismo Islámico: El caso de los Hermanos Musulmanes (Egipto, Palestina, Jordania y Siria) Abstract In the last decades we have w...