French salafists’ economic ethics: between election and new forms of politicization

Adraoui, Mohamed Ali ORCID: 0000-0003-0200-0971 (2019) French salafists’ economic ethics: between election and new forms of politicization. Religions, 10 (11). ISSN 2077-1444

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Abstract

This article sheds light on the way in which activities such as the production and consumption of wealth are conceptualized, interpreted and put into practice within quietist Salafist communities in France. Unlike their jihadi and politicized counterparts, quietist Salafis in lands where Islam is the minority religion are required to emigrate to where Islam is majoritarian. As this article highlights, however, migrating is not necessarily a physical process. What is interesting to underline is that most French Salafists do not perform the Hijra, and favor, for instance, economic strategies allowing them to break with the rest of French society and live in ‘isolation’ rather than leaving France for good. Although framed as a religious duty, physical migration has been rare among French Salafist communities, whereas other forms of social rupture are emerging. The article explores in detail such economic strategies on the basis of the acceptance of neo-liberal principles allowing for what one can call an internal process of migration/isolation from French society.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions
Additional Information:	© 2019 The Author
Divisions:	Centre for International Studies
Date Deposited:	17 Apr 2020 08:33
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2024 16:35
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/104080

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