French identity, Muslim identity: Universalism, laïcité, and the Islamic challenge

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" French identity, Muslim identity: Universalism, laïcité, and the Islamic challenge "
Jennifer Webster D. Searing

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	55537
Doc. No	:	TL25491
Call number	:	‭1447356‬
Main Entry	:	Jennifer Webster
Title & Author	:	French identity, Muslim identity: Universalism, laïcité, and the Islamic challenge\ Jennifer Webster
College	:	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Date	:	2007
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2007
Page No	:	37
Abstract	:	Europe is currently embroiled in a debate over the challenges Muslim immigration poses to national identity and cultural cohesion. As nations seek the best way to accommodate the values of the mainstream while respecting the rights and beliefs of Muslim minorities, they must make decisions about what tolerance really means, and the extent to which it requires secularism. The uniquely French value of laïcité, created from universalist ideals as a French solution to what was originally a French problem, is not incompatible with strong religious identity, but it is incompatible with the public expression of faith—an expression that many Muslims believe Islam requires. This essay will explore the reasons why the concept of French identity as universal and secular challenges France's Muslim minority (and vice versa) and why the application of laïcité within a universalist framework is still the best way to foster the creation of a truly French Islam.
Subject	:	Philosophy, religion and theology; Social sciences; France; Hijab; Islam; Laicite; Secularism; Veil; Religion; Political science; Minority ethnic groups; Sociology; Social structure; 0700:Social structure; 0615:Political science; 0631:Sociology; 0631:Minority ethnic groups; 0318:Religion
Added Entry	:	D. Searing
Added Entry	:	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill