{"id":37878,"date":"2026-11-03T12:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T11:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/islam-religion-politics-mounia-ait-kabboura-ucly-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T12:32:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T11:32:22","slug":"islam-religion-politics-mounia-ait-kabboura-ucly-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/en\/islam-religion-politics-mounia-ait-kabboura-ucly-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam, Religion and Politics: Understanding Contemporary Ideas, Discourses and Issues, by Mounia A\u00eft Kabboura"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As part of its “Midis de la recherche” lunchtime research talks, the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions (CECR) of the Catholic University of Lyon<\/strong><\/a> (UCLy), in association with Pluriel<\/em>, will welcome Mounia A\u00eft Kabboura<\/strong><\/a> on Thursday 12 November 2026. An assistant professor at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean (Quebec) and Vice-President of the Canadian Theological Society, she specialises in philosophy and Islamic studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How are we to understand the intellectual foundations of radical Islamism? How should we approach today’s debates on the veil, at the crossroads of religious traditions, interpretations of texts, political stakes and questions of identity? The meeting will draw on two publications: her book Sayyid Qutb. Architecte de l\u2019islamisme radical<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Presses de l’Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, 2025), devoted to one of the major figures of contemporary Islamist thought, and the special issue of the journal Religiologiques<\/em> on “veils” (no. 48, autumn 2026), which she is co-editing with David Koussens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open to a wide audience, the meeting aims to provide a space for exchange between researchers, students and anyone interested in the relationship between religion, culture and society. It will be followed by an informal coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mounia A\u00eft Kabboura is also giving two lectures on the thought of Sayyid Qutb (in French): “Aux fondements de l\u2019islamisme radical: relire Sayyid Qutb”<\/strong><\/a>, on Tuesday 10 November from 14:00 to 16:00 at the Universit\u00e9 libre de Bruxelles, followed by a discussion with Mohammed Fahmi; and “Aux racines de la pens\u00e9e radicale: Sayyid Qutb, de la po\u00e9sie au djihadisme”<\/strong><\/a>, on Monday 16 November from 18:30 to 20:00 at the Institut fran\u00e7ais de civilisation musulmane (IFCM) in Lyon, free of charge with booking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n