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Many in France today have made claims that Islam has no place in the secular French Republic. Local Ramadan celebrations in France in the 1950s demonstrate, to the contrary, how the French have historically accommodated and supported Muslim religious practice when it was in the national interest.
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Why is it important?
This article offers precedents for navigating the relationship between Islam and the Republic at a time when the inclusion of Muslim citizens is again a vital national interest.
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This page is a summary of: Ramadan in the Republic: Imperial necessity and local religious assistance to Muslim migrants, French Cultural Studies, February 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0957155816678592.
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