Challenging Secularities, Challenging Religion: Secularist Ex-Muslim Voices' in the British Debate on Islam and Freedom of Expression
This article uses the interpretative device of multiple secularities' to interrogate the presence of secularist ex-Muslim voices' in the British debate on Islam and freedom of expression. By contrasting Britain with the Netherlands, where these voices are currently relatively absent, it...
| Published in: | Journal of religion in Europe |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2018]
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| In: |
Journal of religion in Europe
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Great Britain
/ Religious freedom
/ Islam
/ Apostate
/ Secularism
/ Debate
/ Netherlands
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam KBF British Isles ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Secularity
B Islam B freedom of expression B Religion B Britain B multiple secularities B ex-Muslim |
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| Summary: | This article uses the interpretative device of multiple secularities' to interrogate the presence of secularist ex-Muslim voices' in the British debate on Islam and freedom of expression. By contrasting Britain with the Netherlands, where these voices are currently relatively absent, it will examine secularist ex-Muslim voices' as expressed at the International Conference on Freedom of Conscience and Expression in London, July 2017. It argues that these voices have surfaced here due to Britain's particular history of secularity for the sake of accommodating diversity. They challenge institutionalized levels (state-church relations, multiculturalism, and communitarianism) and social and cultural forms (debate on freedom of expression and Islamophobia). These voices are relatively absent in the Netherlands due to its dominant secularity for the sake of social/national integration. Due to the particular histories of secularity, reference problems that surface in Britain have less bearing on the Dutch situation. These voices have, therefore, been relatively absent. |
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| ISSN: | 1874-8929 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748929-01104004 |