After seven years of
field studies, the results of
a detailed discursive analysis of how progressive Muslims, feminists,
gays and lesbians, in
France and elsewhere,
relate to and engage against fascism:
"From a participatory field perspective, I
will describe why
renewed representations of Islam may well be seen as mainstream Islam,
tomorrow. I
will analyze three sources of information that I would not have been
able to
obtain if I had not been totally involved in this civic engagement: the
testimony of individuals of Muslim faith or of Muslim origin, considered
to be a
"gender minority" or a sexual minority; The
opinion of
the imams of France and Europe about them; The
raise of LGBT+ activism and Islamic feminism in recent years, in
particular as
a result of the rise of nationalisms and phobias of all kinds.
My
project has been to put into perspective, mainly, the counter-discourse
that is
being elaborated at this very moment and since the end of the last
century,
thanks to gender minorities claiming to be Muslims, within diasporas
living in
French-speaking countries. This
analysis will be carried out in a relationship with other Muslim
communities
elsewhere in the world. It
should be noted that this is a historic turning point that I am given
to
analyze, since these minorities clearly intend to appropriate the
theoretical
religious corpus, notably by the democratic elaboration of a "theology Of
Islamic liberation", in order to be able to reconcile modernity,
sexuality
and spirituality".
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Ludovic-Mohamed
Zahed, PhD. in social & human sciences (Theology, Psychology,
Anthropology) and gay imam,
co-founder of the first European inclusive mosque, in Paris (2012),
director of
CALEM (editions and counciling) and researcher in neuropsychology
(APHP).
Here it is, his PhD. thesis in religious facts anthropology (EHESS -
2015).
All year long, our trainings
& activities:
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For
the international day against homophobia, transphobia, in 2017
the director of the CALEM cabinet &
counciling will be part of several events:
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Université d'Aix-en-Provence (seminar
Gendermed, 17th at 10h-12h)
- Roiund table organized by the Belgian goverment (19th may)
- Amsterdam national TV debate ("Family, religion & hope", 5th
may)
- Training for the French LGBT meeting (Tours)
- Worldpride (Madrid - June 2017)
- etc.
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Other information:
* Documentary about queers muslims in Netherlands,
with the participation of the CALEM director: click here.
* Documentary on ARTE about queer refugees from Arab countries, seeking
asylum in France and Germany: click here.
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« I am often facing individuals, whether personally
concerned or not by the
present topic, who have heard so much about the subject, and its
opposite, that
they want to have an idea, at the same time synthetic and global, on
this
issue, from the point of view of the so-called Arab-Muslim tradition. I
propose
to recapitulate here the Islamic Scriptural sources relating to the
question of
the diversity of natures, genders, and human sexualities. Thus, in an
approach
that is certainly more politically committed than that of most
intellectuals of
our time, I will be able to specify certain theological notions which
may appear
to be hermetic for the uninitiated
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