THE MUSLIM CONSISTORY THAT NEVER WAS: Religion and Legal Identity in French Algeria.

  • Published In: French Politics, Culture & Society, 2023, v. 41, n. 3. P. 51 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Schley, Rachel Eva 3 of 3

Abstract

During the 1860s and early 1870s, a series of decrees famously rede- fined the legal identity and rights of Algerian Muslims and Jews. These decrees were part of a broader reappraisal of French colonial rule and the implications of France's founding treaty in Algeria, the Convention of 5 July 1830. This article traces the role of Ismaÿl Urbain and his push to gradually regenerate Algerian Muslims by formalizing a relationship between France and Islam, which echoed efforts to integrate Catholic and Protestant settlers and Algerian Jews within French colonial society. Yet, in his effort to safeguard Islam, and Muslim personal status law more specifically, as necessary tools of Franco-Muslim fusion, Urbain inadvertently helped to ensure the long-term marginalization of Algerian Muslims under French rule. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:French Politics, Culture & Society. 2023/12, Vol. 41, Issue 3, p51
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Military History and Science
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:1537-6370
  • DOI:10.3167/fpcs.2023.410303
  • Accession Number:178501053
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