Death of Malek Chebel, defender of an ‘Enlightened Islam’

Champion of an ‘Enlightened’ Islam, the Algerian anthropologist and psychoanalyst Malek Chebel died in Paris on November 12 from cancer at the age of 63. Born in Skikda, Algeria in 1953, Malek Chebel enrolled at the university of Ain El Bey in 1973. After, he went to France with a grant from the French consulate and…

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Malek Chebel offers new French translation of the Qur’an

Malek Chebel, an anthropologist of religions, has translated the Qur’an into French with a desire to “re-enchant” the tradition. The translation is published by Fayard Press and accompanied by an encyclopedic dictionary.

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