Mounia Ait Kabboura
Born in 1972, Mounia Ait Kabboura has been an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Contemporary Religious Studies (CERC) at the University of Sherbrooke since 2022 and Principal Researcher at the Centre of Expertise and Training on Religious Fundamentalism, Political Ideologies and Radicalization (CEFIR) since 2023. She holds a PhD in Philosophy obtained in 2019 under the supervision of Josiane Boulad-Ayoub (UQAM) and Chérif Ferjani (University Lyon 2), with a thesis on “The Ontological Foundations of Islamic Radicalism in Sayyid Qutb’s Thought.”
Her research focuses on contemporary Islam, Islamist movements, Islamic political theology, and radicalization prevention. She has completed several prestigious postdoctoral fellowships, notably at CERC (2021-2022), CELAT (2020-2021), and the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University (2018-2020).
Among her recent publications, she published “The Marx of Islam. Sayyid Qutb. Genealogy of Radical Islamism” (PUM, 2021) and co-edited “Allah and the Polis. Which Islam for Which Identity?” (PUM, 2021). Her work has been published in recognized academic journals, and she regularly contributes to public debates on Islam, secularism, and living together in Quebec.
Mounia Ait Kabboura is very active in organizing symposiums and conferences, particularly CEFIR’s discussion forums on democracy and living together. She is a member of several scholarly associations, including the Canadian Theological Society, and serves on various scientific and editorial committees.
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Sayyid Qutb. Architect of Radical Islamism
- Mounia Ait Kabboura
The thought of Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966) has profoundly shaped a wide range of religio-political movements, from the Muslim Brotherhood to Salafi-jihadists, radicalizing political Islam and inspiring...
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Radical evil and the Canadian multiculturalist otherness
- Mounia Ait Kabboura
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 ...
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Sayyid Qutb. Architect of Radical Islamism
- Mounia Ait Kabboura
The thought of Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966) has profoundly shaped a wide range of religio-political movements, from the Muslim Brotherhood to Salafi-jihadists, radicalizing political Islam and inspiring...
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Salafist Movements in Europe: Between Local and Transnational Mobilizations
- Mohamed-Ali Adraoui
In this chapter, the author sheds light on the main sociological features and academic debates on the issue of Salafism in Europe. Through a comparative analysis of different countries, he shows th...
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Radical evil and the Canadian multiculturalist otherness
- Mounia Ait Kabboura
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. T...
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Thinking Jihadist Radicalisation: Actors, Theories, Transformations
- Elyamine Settoul
Like many countries, French society is facing the rise of violent radicalisation phenomena with a politico-religious referential. From the factors of jihadist commitment to the processes of disaffi...
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Between Standardization And Otherness: Being A Muslim In The In The French Armed Forces
- Elyamine Settoul
Already present since the colonisation process, the question of Islam within the French army has reappeared strongly with the settling down of the populations resulting from the great waves of indu...
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Religious radicalization. Process of a controversial concept
- Mohamed-Ali Mostfa
Introduction : I would like to seize the opportunity of my first participation to the Mediterranean website to raise the issue of radicalisation as a concept, which has permeated the political a...
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Methodology for analysing radicalisation discourses and counter-discourses
- Bénédicte Du Chaffaut
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 appr...
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The radical discourse and civilisational stake
- Mohamed-Ali Mostfa
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 appr...