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 presence in Europe and its evolution. He distinguishes between two key concepts: “Islam in Europe” and “European Islam”. Roy first traces the history of relations between Europe and Islam, from early intellectual interactions to the colonial period. He emphasizes that each European country has developed its own legal and institutional approach to managing religious affairs, making it difficult to establish a common European framework.<\/p>\n
The political scientist then analyzes the major transformation that occurred with post-war Muslim immigration. He observes the transition from a first generation, which lived a traditional cultural Islam, to a second generation claiming a deculturalized and individualized Islam. This evolution is accompanied by three distinct positions: a demand for integration while maintaining visible religious markers, a multiculturalist approach, and a Salafist tendency advocating separation.<\/p>\n
Roy highlights the emergence of a European Muslim middle class, carrying a religious practice compatible with European values. He criticizes state approaches, particularly French, that persist in trying to “format” Islam according to unsuitable administrative models. For him, the future of European Islam depends less on institutional reforms than on the natural sociological evolution of Muslim communities in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31554,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"date_tournage":"","lieu":"","nature_evenement":"","vt_type":"Conf\u00e9rence","vt_yt_views":1299},"video_collection":[878],"class_list":["post-31559","videos","type-videos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","video_collection-conferences-et-colloques"],"date_tournage":"","yoast_head":"\n