French Exceptionalism: Islam and the Rhetoric of Secularism

Editors: Roger Célestin, Eliane DalMolin

Editors’ Introduction

THE REVOLUTIONARY SUBLIME: HEGEL, FANON, AND THE FANATICAL STATE

Hassanaly Ladha

ENCOUNTERS: FRANCE, ISLAM, AND THE SECULAR ORDER

Hassanaly Ladha, Roger Célestin, and Eliane DalMolin

Interviews

INTERVIEW WITH ELISABETH ROUDINESCO

Christine Fizscher and Elisabeth Roudinesco

ENTRETIEN AVEC FATIMA DAAS

Adina Stroia

Research Articles

LOP-SIDED LAWS: FRENCH MUSLIMS AND LAÏCITÉ

Alec G. Hargreaves

CHARLIE HEBDO AND THE BELHOUMI FAMILY

Stéphane Beaud

DECOLONIAL THEORY OR THE INVENTION OF A COMMON ENEMY

Dominic Thomas, Nicolas Bancel, and Pascal Blanchard

L’ISLAM DE FRANCE OU LES BANLIEUES DE LA LAÏCITÉ

Ahmed Boubeker

LA POSSIBILITÉ D’UN COMPLOT

Hamza Esmili

FROM RED AND GREEN DECAY TO “ISLAMO-LEFTISM: THE COUNTERINSURGENCY FANTASIES OF THE FRENCH ELITE”

Ibrahim Bechrouri

THE SEXULAR STATE: RACE, GENDER, AND THE OTHER “WOKE CONTROVERSY”

Mohamed Amer Meziane

THE MORAL PANIC OF ISLAMO-GAUCHISME IN SERVICE OF A COLORBLIND APPROACH TO RACISM

Jean Beaman and Aurélien Mondon

LA FRANCE, L’ISLAM ET LA LOI DE 1905 GENÈSE COLONIALE D’UN PONCIF : L’INCOMPATIBILITÉ

Raberh Achi

LES JUIFS DE FRANCE ET LA LAÏCITÉ. ESSAI DE REGARD HISTORIQUE ET JALONS DE COMPARAISON AVEC LE CAS MUSULMAN

Jérémy Guedj

ALLEGORY AND ACCUSATION: THE RHETORIC OF ISLAMO-GAUCHISME

Emilio Spadola

LAÏCITÉ AS A WEAPON: THE TOOL AND THE TARGET

Mary Elizabeth Allen