ISLAMOPHOBIA IN ACADEMIA : THE BERGEAUD-BLACKLER CONTROVERSY IN FRANCE

The French scholar, Florence Bergeaud-Blackler, has been a target of death threats that led her to be put under police protection, after publishing in January 2023, The Brotherhood and its Networks: The Investigation (Le Frérisme et ses reseaux, L’Enquête) .[fn]https://www.lexpress.fr/idees-et-debats/florence-bergeaud-blackler-sur-lislamisme-le-monde-de-la-recherche-ne-brille-pas-par-son-courage-VFEAIBEU6JDMXOTAVZB6XZKCS4/ [/fn]. An anthropologist at the French National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la…

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Conversions to Islam aren’t a new phenomena

22.08.2013 Liberation Following the riots in Trappes and the death of a French Muslim jihadist in Syria, the question of Muslim converts who are commonly associated with religious radicalism in mainstream media has been brought back to the forefront of the French media landscape. The research director of the CNRS France and expert in Islam,…

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    Examination into the importance of Muslim cemeteries in France

    In this opinion piece, Atmane Aggoun, sociologist and CNRS researcher, points to the important issue of Muslim cemeteries in France, particularly as the immigrant Muslim population grows older. Fewer Muslims in France seek to be buried in their countries of origin. There are some spaces available at the Thiais cemetery (in Val-de-Marne) outside of Paris….

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    Olivier Roy Responds to the Geisser Affair in a Libération Interview

    This article features an interview with Olivier Roy on the investigation of CNRS – employed Vincent Geisser, accused by some of holding Islamicist academic positions.

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    CNRS Researcher Vincent Geisser Responds to Critics in Le Monde

    Vincent Geisser, researcher at the CNRS accused of radicalizing Islam responds here to his critics, particularly Caroline Fourest’s explanation of the controversy around the “radical” nature of his research. Libération interviews Joseph Illand, in charge of internal security at the CNRS for his take on the controversy. Illand describes the ambiguity as to whether the…

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