Abdessamad Belhaj

Authority in Contemporary Islam

Structures, Figures and Functions


Claims to authority

More and more managers, imams and preachers are claiming autonomous authority from political powers, Islamic law schools, countries of origin, Islamic movements, etc. This autonomy, however, should be put into perspective. We illustrate this desire for autonomy with the case of France, where the Forum de l’Islam de France, set up in February 2022, was conceived as a body of autonomous figures of authority vis-à-vis the countries of origin, anchored in the French regions and localities. However, in the end, the French state accepted that the major Islamic organisations with links to Muslim governments should be part of the Forum de l’Islam de France to avoid the creation of a competing body by the major Islamic organisations.

Authority in Contemporary Islam

Tartalomjegyzék


Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó – Ludovika Egyetemi Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2024

ISBN: 978 963 454 960 4

Authority is a key question in Islamic studies and beyond. This book examines the nature, figures, structures and functions of religious authority in contemporary Islamic ethics. It also discusses how Islamic authority and political power compete and/or cooperate in Muslim contexts and Europe. Moreover, it provides a coherent framework to understand authority as a moral foundation in relation to community, power, tradition and subversion. Various cases from Europe and the Muslim world are studied here to showcase the claims and practices of authority in their contexts. Despite its active role and resourcefulness in contemporary Islam, religious authority has to confront many limitations, including the dynamics of secularisation and individualisation. The author is a senior researcher at the Religion and Society Research Institute of the Eötvös József Research Centre at the University of Public Service (Budapest).

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/belhaj-authority-in-contemporary-islam//

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