Only Muslims
Subtitle: embodying Islam in twentieth-century France
By: Naomi Davidson
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780801450914
Subjects: Ethnic identity; Muslims; Social conditions; History; Ethnic relations; Islam
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Muslims only as Muslims; title: Religion and race in the French Mediterranean; title: Un monument durable : building the Mosquée de Paris and Institut musulman; title: To monitor and aid : Muslim bodies, social assistance, and religious practices; title: Islam français, Islam in France : forms of Islam in Paris and the provinces; title: Islam français, islam algérien : Islam and the Algerian War in Paris; title: Culture and religion : immigration, Islams, and race in 1970s Paris; title: Conclusion : "we want to contribute to the secularization of Islam" : islam français in the twenty-first century.