28 results for "ABDESSAMAD BELHAJ"

La définition du "bayan" dans la rhétorique arabe perspectives mutazilites

Abdessamad Belhaj

Annales du Patrimoine, Iss 09, Pp 7-17 (2009) · 2009 · French · DOAJ

Je propose de relire les définitions du "bayan" la tradition rhétorique arabe. L'objectif que je poursuis, ici, consiste à essayer de répondre à la question de savoir si l'argumentativité et la poéticité affectent "bayan" dans sa définition ou pas. Et plus exactement, y a-t-il des positions…

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Loyalty and Identity Formation: Muslim Perceptions of Loyalty in France

Abdessamad Belhaj

Religions, Vol. 13 No. 11 · 2022 · English · DOAJ Scopus

This paper sets out to study loyalty as identity formation through the cases of three Muslim leaders in France (T. Ramadan, A. Mamoun and M. Zenati). First, I will discuss the state of research on “Muslim loyalties” in the West. Afterwards, Ramadan’s concept of critical loyalties, Mamoun’s loyalty…

Secularism as Equality: French Islamic Discourses on Laïcité

Abdessamad Belhaj

Religions, Vol. 13 No. 10 · 2022 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Islamic resistance to secularism is one of the most frequently stated problems in France. This paper addresses this issue as seen by French Muslim discourses. It is argued, here, that French Muslim discourses on laïcité are determined by the claim of equal treatment of Muslims and non-Muslims in…

POLITICAL LOYALTY AND THE ETHICAL TURN IN ISLAMIC LAW: THE CASE OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL FOR FATWÓ AND RESEARCH

ABDESSAMAD BELHAJ

Hamdard Islamicus, Vol. 48 No. 3 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

The European Council for Fatwa and Research, the authoritative Sunni reformist scholarly institution (based in Dublin, Ireland), has so far published three fatwas and legal declarations concerning Muslims' allegiance to European states; these were released in 2006, 2007 and 2015, mainly by…

Injustice in Contemporary Islamic Theology: Explanation, Punishment and the Hereafter

Abdessamad Belhaj

Religions, Vol. 16 No. 10 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Since the 1980s, a theology of injustice has gained prominence in Islamic thought as a large body of literature has been written on the subject. One of the main tenets of this theology is the punishment of injustice in the afterlife, which emphasizes how unjust individuals will endure different…

Abū Yaʿrub al-Marzūqī and His Critique of the maqāṣid Theory

Abdessamad Belhaj

Religions, Vol. 14 No. 9 · 2023 · English · DOAJ Scopus

The purpose of this essay was to examine and evaluate Abū Yaʿrub al-Marzūqī’s criticism of the maqāṣid theory. Al-Marzūqī is mostly concerned with epistemology and ethics. He contends that the maqāṣid theory is insufficient to assert access to God’s meaning in Islamic law, since it is based on…

Who Defines Islam? Critical Perspectives on Islamic Studies

Abdessamad Belhaj

Religions, Vol. 14 No. 6 · 2023 · English · DOAJ Scopus

This paper endeavors to answer the question of who defines Islam as an academic discipline. Firstly, it discusses the epistemic authority of producers and transmitters of knowledge about Islam. It is argued here that, despite modernization, religious scholars and learning centers in the Muslim…

Preaching Muslim Loyalty in France: Rhetoric and Counter-Discourse

Abdessamad Belhaj

Religions, Vol. 14 No. 5 · 2023 · English · DOAJ Scopus

This paper analyzes online sermons on Muslim loyalty to non-Muslims uttered by Tareq Oubrou, one of the most prominent Muslim religious authorities in France. The aim of this study is twofold. First, Oubrou’s rhetoric will be examined (especially in what pertains to the opening, the hybrid format…

Spiritual but Not Religious? French Muslim Discourses on Spirituality

Abdessamad Belhaj

Religions, Vol. 14 No. 10 · 2023 · English · DOAJ Scopus

This article explores the possibility of a spiritual Islam in the West as a viable alternative to traditionalist and political Islam. It looks at the capabilities and limitations of two French Muslim voices, Abdennour Bidar and Éric Geoffroy, who are the most vocal Muslim intellectuals in favor of…

Secularism as an Anti-Religious Conspiracy: Salafi Challenges to French laïcité

Abdessamad Belhaj

Religions, Vol. 15 No. 5 · 2024 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Regarding organizational power, Salafism in France is a minority of dispersed groups emerging on the periphery of the Muslim French space. However, it can be regarded as a discursive force that has influenced significantly French discussions about Islam. Specifically, one of the most contentious…

Al-Ashʿarī’s Adab al-jadal : A Few Remarks on its Genre

Abdessamad Belhaj

Methodos, Vol. 22 · 2022 · French · DOAJ

To date, the genre of al-Ashʿarī’s (d. 936 CE) Adab al-jadal as a document of Islamic argumentation theory remains unclear. Modern scholars paid little attention to this important document preserved in Ibn Fūrak (d. 1015 CE)’s Mujarrad maqālāt al-Ashʿarī. Scholars disagree on whether the main…

Illicit Money in Contemporary Islamic Ethics

Abdessamad Belhaj

Religions, Vol. 9 No. 8 · 2018 · English · DOAJ Scopus

This paper discusses the question of the acquisition and the use of illicit money, māl ḥarām from the perspective of Islamic ethics. It first addresses five fatwas by Markaz al-fatwā on different cases of illicit money. Subsequently, the paper engages in an ethical analysis of the responses and the…

The State and Public Morality in Morocco: Structures and Functions of the Moralising State

Abdessamad Belhaj

Religion and Policy Journal, Vol. 4 No. 1 · 2026 · English · DOAJ

Research Problem: This article addresses the need to understand how states in contemporary Muslim contexts become involved in regulating public morality through laws, religious institutions, and policing practices. Such involvement often creates tensions between moral order, individual freedom…

The Return of Islamic Rhetoric: Hamas and Conflict Framing in the Gaza War 2023-2024

Abdessamad Belhaj

Partecipazione e Conflitto, Vol. 18 No. 3 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

The speeches of Abū 'Ubayda, the spokesperson for Hamas' military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, are one of the key aspects of the 2023–2024 war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. Abū 'Ubayda came to be viewed as the "voice of the umma" and the Palestinian people, receiving extensive media…

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Political Loyalty in Modern Islamic Thought

Abdessamad Belhaj

Islamic Studies Review, Vol. 5 No. 1 · 2026 · English · DOAJ

This paper argues that mainstream Muslim schools of thought support multiple loyalties, including country, ethnicity, tribe, and religion. First, we provide a summary of the major positions held by various Muslim schools of thought regarding the concept of al-walāʾ wa-l-barāʾ (loyalty and…

Overcoming Violence in Islamic Ethics: Ṭāhā ʿAbd Al-Raḥmān’s Dialogism and Moral Responsibility

Abdessamad Belhaj

Religions, Vol. 16 No. 7 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Ṭāhā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān’s Suʼāl al-ʻunf (The Question of Violence) is perhaps the most extensive philosophical-religious critique of violence in Islamic ethics in the last decade. He distinguishes between the notions of violence, force, and struggle, rejecting violence based on Islamic sources and…

Political Loyalty in Reformist Islamic Ethics

Abdessamad Belhaj

American Journal of Islam and Society, Vol. 41 No. 3-4 · 2024 · English · DOAJ Scopus

This article critically examines three authoritative Islamic discourses on political loyalty produced by prominent figures of Sunni reformist Islam: The Egyptian-Qatari Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī (1926-2022), the Mauritanian ʿAbdallāh b. Bayyah (b. 1935), and the Iraqi-Qatari ʿAlī al-Qaradāghī (b. 1949)…

Book review

Abdessamad Belhaj

Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 36 No. 2 · 2014 · English · DOAJ Scopus