Secularism Confronts Islam /

Roy, Olivier, 1949-

Secularism Confronts Islam / Olivier Roy ; translated by George Holoch. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2007. - xiii, 128 p. ; 22 cm.

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-115) and index.

Introduction: laïcité and the identity of France -- French laïcité and Islam: which is the exception? -- Islam and secularization -- The crisis of the secular state and the new forms of religiosity -- De facto secularization.

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Islam--France.
Islam and secularism--France.
Islam and state--France.
Laicism--France.
Fundamentalism--France.

French Secularism and Islam - Fundamentalism.

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