Abdessamad Belhaj

Authority in Contemporary Islam

Structures, Figures and Functions


Conclusion

The Muslim Executive of Belgium (EMB) is the most important Islamic organisation in Belgium; since its creation in 1996 it has enjoyed a hybrid status of political power and religious authority. On the one hand, this institution had to negotiate between different powers (mainly Belgian, Moroccan and Turkish states), which was not tenable given the expectations of the Belgian state of a “local” and “modern” Islam. On the other hand, the Muslim Executive of Belgium, through its Council of Theologians and its control of a number of mosques, Islamic teachers and chaplains, claimed religious authority, which was contested by various Muslim figures of authority in Belgium. However, the community base of the EMB (within Turkish and Moroccan populations) provides it with ethnic-religious alliances and resources for it to aspire to autonomy from the Belgian state.

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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