religion and the state in contemporary Morocco and Tunisia /
First Statement of Responsibility
Sarah J. Feuer.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2018.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xv, 227 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- 1 Toward a Theory of Religious Regulation -- 2 The Moroccan Ingredients of Religious Regulation -- 3 Striking an Identity Bargain in Morocco -- 4 The Tunisian Ingredients of Religious Regulation -- 5 Balancing Muhammad and Montesquieu in Tunisia -- 6 Regulating Islam after the Spring -- Bibliography -- Index
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Many countries in the Arab world have incorporated Islam into their state- and nation-building projects, naming it the 'religion of the state'. 'Regulating Islam' offers an empirically rich account of how and why two contemporary Arab states, Morocco and Tunisia, have sought to regulate religious institutions and discourse. Drawing on a range of previously unexamined sources, Sarah J. Feuer traces and analyzes the efforts of Moroccan and Tunisian policymakers to regulate Islamic education as part of the respective regimes' broader survival strategies since their independence from French rule in 1956. Out of the comparative case study emerges a compelling theory to account for the complexities of religion-state dynamics across the Arab world today, highlighting the combined effect of ideological, political, and institutional factors on religious regulation in North Africa and the Middle East. The book makes an important and timely contribution to the on-going scholarly and policy debates concerning religion, politics, and authoritarian governance in the post-uprisings Arab landscape.