The moroccan council of ʿUlamāʾ for Europe: the development of a “remarkable model” of Islam for Europe or just another form of state control on religion?

• Autores: Francesco Tamburini
• Localización: Revista general de derecho público comparado, ISSN 1988-5091, Nº. 29, 2021
• Idioma: inglés
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  • El consejo marroquí de los ʿUlamāʾ por europa:¿el desarrollo de un “modelo notable” de islam por Europa o solo otra forma de control estatal sobre la religión?
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  • español

    El Islam, en su relación entre el estado y la política, se ha utilizado a menudo por parte de los regímenes árabes para fortalecer el sentido de identidad nacional o como instrumento de auto-legitimación para ganar el apoyo del pueblo. Marruecos no es una excepción y logró este propósito mediante la creación de Consejos dirigidos no solo a controlar la religión dentro del Reino, sino también en Europa dentro de su comunidad de expatriados. Este artículo está dedicado específicamente a los exámenes del "Consejo marroquí de los ʿUlamāʾ para Europa" y tiene como objetivo lo de arrojar luz sobre esta organización poco conocida, una de las piedras angulares del régimen para reafirmar su poder sobre los ciudadanos marroquíes en el extranjero, difundiendo la escuela malikí y previniendo el radicalismo islámico también.

  • English

    Islam, in its relation between state and politics, has often been used by Arab regimes to strengthen the sense of national identity or as a tool of self-legitimation to gain the support of the people. Morocco is not an exception and it reached this purpose through the creation of Councils directed not only to control religion inside the Kingdom, but also in Europe within its community of expatriates. This article is specifically devoted to the exams of the “Moroccan Council ʿUlamāʾ for Europe” and aims to shed light on this little-known organization, one of the regime’s keystones to reaffirm its power on Moroccan citizens abroad, spreading the Mālikī school, and preventing Islamic radicalism as well.

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