The Case of Vincent Geisser, Scholar of Islam in the CNRS, divides the University Community

Written by Esther Benbassa, director of the EPHE (École Pratique des Hautes Études), this article claims that the case of French academic Vincent Geisser, currently under investigation for a “lack of obligatory reserve” is dividing the French university system. Detractors claim Geisser is an Islamicist, apologetic for the extremist positions he studies; his defenders point…

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French CNRS Researcher on Islam Comes Under Fire

French researcher Vincent Geisser, specialist of Muslims and the Muslim World in Aix-en-Provence at the CNRS (National Center of Scientific Research) will go before a disciplinary jury on June 29th for a recent controversy about an email he sent claiming research on Islam is persecuted by the national funding and research center.

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Sociologist Smaïn Laacher claims that “Neither Whores Nor Submissives” is a Victim of its Own Success

In her new book Femmes invisibles, leurs mots contre la violence (Invisible Women, Their Words Against Violence, Calmann-Lévy 2008) sociologist Smaïn Laacher (CNRS – EHESS) claims that the community association Neither Whores Nor SUbmissives (Ni Putes Ni Soumises) has had problems representing Muslim girls in the suburbs of France because it was so popular amongst…

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European Muslims and the Secular State in a Comparative Perspective

Sorbonne: Salle Louis Liard 17 rue de la Sorbonne, 75005 Paris European Muslims and the Secular State in a Comparative Perspective NOCRIME CONFERENCE – Organized with the Sponsorship of the European Commission (DG Research) MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2003 I. Modes of Interaction in Non-Muslim Societies President Patrick Michel CNRS/CERI, EHESS, France Discussant: Tuula Sakaranaho University…

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Integration of Muslim Migrants in Europe: Religious and Political Aspects in the aftermath of September 11, 2001

A Roundtable By The Network On Comparative Research On Islam and Muslims In Europe (NOCRIME) Organized with the Censorship of the European Commission (DG Research) Session 1: Legal, Social and Cultural Aspects of Integration of Islam in Different European Countries and in the European Union Opening Remarks and Introduction Jean-Paul Willaime EPHE, Director of GSRL…

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