The Republic Unsettled: Muslim French and the Contradictions of Secularism, by Mayanthi L. Fernando

Authors

  • Frank Peter Hamad bin Khalifa University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cis.37755

Keywords:

France, Islam, secularism, laïcité, governmentality, religious freedom, Talal Asad

Abstract

The Republic Unsettled: Muslim French and the Contradictions of Secularism, by Mayanthi L. Fernando. Duke University Press, 2014. 328pp., $99.95. ISBN 13: 9780822357346

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2019-08-28

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Peter, F. (2019). The Republic Unsettled: Muslim French and the Contradictions of Secularism, by Mayanthi L. Fernando. Comparative Islamic Studies, 12(1-2), 211-223. https://doi.org/10.1558/cis.37755