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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Muslim worship in France: is the State-led reorganization underway?
- Mohamed-Ali Mostfa
In this article published on February 26, 2025, on The Conversation, Ali Mostfa analyzes the evolution of the Forum of Islam in France (Forif), created in 2022 to replace the French Council of Musl...
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Islam in Europe or European Islam?
In this conference given on January 30, 2025, at PISAI (Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies) in Rome, political scientist Olivier Roy offers an in-depth analysis of the Muslim prese...
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Freedom of conscience, a contested yet resilient right
- Dominique Avon
Rome. In a conference given on November 28, 2024, at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Professor Dominique Avon from the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris traced the ...
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Women, Agency and Religion: Social and Legal Issues in the Mediterranean Public Space
- Leïla Tauil
On the two Mediterranean shores, women’s agency is articulated by new social and legal actors who face the religious factor both as an asset and as a hindrance. This book explores how female ...
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Islam & Otherness. Proceedings of the Pluriel congress in Beirut
- Mohamed-Ali Mostfa
- Michel Younès
- Roula Talhouk
Edited by Michel Younès, Ali Mostfa and Roula Talhouk “In a contemporary context marked by a growing tendency to lock oneself into oppositional logics, reflection on otherness in Islam opens ...
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The Caliphate and Secularism. Syrian perspectives
- Wasim Salman
The book confronts us with two opposing possibilities facing contemporary Arab society, namely the caliphate and secularism. While the former refers to the Islamic monarchy, theocracy and absolute ...
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Religion and Democracy
- Wolfgang Palaver
"This article addresses mainly two widespread prejudices. The first claims that democracy flourishes only in a Christian culture, the second wants to keep religion out of politics to protect democr...
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Thinking Islam in Europe
- Alberto Fabio Ambrosio
Interview with Alberto F. Ambrosio, dominican friar, professor of Theology and Histpry of Religions at the Luxembourg School of Religion & Society. Reporter : Raphaël Georgy With the collabor...