Pluriel

University platform for research on Islam

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Houssame Bentabet

Researcher in sociology of religions and in Islamology, PhD from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales de Paris (PSL Research University / EHESS).
Scientific work on “the dynamics of religious beliefs in modern societies”, in particular “the abandonment of religious belief in the Muslim field”, at the crossroads of sociology, social psychology and Islamology.

Consultant “Religious fact and secularism” (public institutions, private companies)

Rémy Leveau thesis prize 2019 (GIS-MOMM, IISMM, CNRS, BCC).

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Institut Catholique de Paris - France

Islam and Otherness (Paris)

In the global context of identity tensions, migratory flows, depreciation of the image of the Muslim world and its association to Daesh and al-Qaeda’s terrorist attacks, the Institute of Science and Theology of Religions in Paris intends to carry out a research on the capacity of Islam to maintain a constructive and peaceful relationship with […]

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