Challenging Secularities, Challenging Religion: ‘Secularist Ex-Muslim Voices' in the British Debate on Islam and Freedom of Expression

This article uses the interpretative device of ‘multiple secularities' to interrogate the presence of ‘secularist ex-Muslim voices' in the British debate on Islam and freedom of expression. By contrasting Britain with the Netherlands, where these voices are currently relatively absent, it...

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Auteur principal: Vliek, Maria (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill [2018]
Dans: Journal of religion in Europe
Année: 2018, Volume: 11, Numéro: 4, Pages: 348-377
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Großbritannien / Liberté religieuse / Islam / Apostat / Laïcité / Débat / Niederlande
Classifications IxTheo:AB Philosophie de la religion
AD Sociologie des religions
BJ Islam
KBF Îles britanniques
ZC Politique en général
Sujets non-standardisés:B Secularity
B Islam
B freedom of expression
B Religion
B Britain
B multiple secularities
B ex-Muslim
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Résumé:This article uses the interpretative device of ‘multiple secularities' to interrogate the presence of ‘secularist ex-Muslim voices' in the British debate on Islam and freedom of expression. By contrasting Britain with the Netherlands, where these voices are currently relatively absent, it will examine ‘secularist ex-Muslim voices' as expressed at the International Conference on Freedom of Conscience and Expression in London, July 2017. It argues that these voices have surfaced here due to Britain's particular history of secularity for the sake of accommodating diversity. They challenge institutionalized levels (state-church relations, multiculturalism, and communitarianism) and social and cultural forms (debate on freedom of expression and Islamophobia). These voices are relatively absent in the Netherlands due to its dominant secularity for the sake of social/national integration. Due to the particular histories of secularity, reference problems that surface in Britain have less bearing on the Dutch situation. These voices have, therefore, been relatively absent.
ISSN:1874-8929
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748929-01104004