This is a conversation with Rim-Sarah Alouane. She’s a French legal academic, commentator, and PhD candidate in law researching religious freedom, human rights, and civil liberties in France, Europe & North America.
We spoke about a recent piece she wrote entitled ‘A Spectre in France’s Public Debate: Islamo-Leftism‘ for Reset Dialogues.
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Topics Discussed
What the fuck is ‘Islamo-leftism’
How fringe conspiracy theories are being mainstreamed in France
The role of anti-American sentiments in propagating these phenomena
Understanding the specificity of French laicité/secularism
The youth being more comfortable with multi-culturalism, which is provoking a conservative backlash
The slippery slope of what’s being normalized (including security laws)
The links between antisemitism and islamophobia, in terms of political rhetoric especially
The legacy of colonial thinking
The personal cost of rising authoritarianism in France
Recommended Books
Islam, Secularism, and Liberal Democracy: Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies by Nader Hashemi
Illégitimes by Nesrine Slaoui
Les Incasables by Rachid Zerrouki
Episodes mentioned:
Music by Tarabeat.
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