In Turkey, Erdogan’s Election Rhetoric Draws Ire 18 mai 2015
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, HDP, parliamentary elections, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Voice of America News (USA) Monday, May 18, 2015
Jamie Dettmer, Istanbul
As campaigning for next month’s parliamentary poll heats up, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been pictured waving a Quran at an election rally and weeping during the reciting of an Islamic prayer, prompting opposition politicians to accuse him of breaking with the secular traditions of modern Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and enflaming religious passions. (suite…)
Inventing the ‘timeless’ Sunni-Shiite conflict 19 avril 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: conflict, Iran, Iraq, Nick Danforth, Shiite, Sunni, Syria, Yemen
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The Washington Post Sunday (USA) April 19, 2015, p. B5
By Nick Danforth *
Historian Nick Danforth says extremists have spun a self-fulfilling prophecy. (suite…)
Austrian parliament to pass Islam bill despite opposition 25 février 2015
Posted by Acturca in Immigration, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Austria, Islam
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Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Vienna
A majority of Austrian parliamentarians are expected to pass a divisive bill on Wednesday that aims to curb foreign influence on local Muslims. (suite…)
Aux élites musulmanes de créer une alternative libérale crédible 20 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Islam, Zafer Şenocak
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Le Monde (France) mardi 20 janvier 2015, p. 12
Débats ~ Un islam à réformer?
Par Zafer Şenocak *
Le débat intellectuel sur l’islam brille par son indigence. Il faut renouveler l’étude des textes traditionnels de la foi islamique en les confrontant au monde contemporain. (suite…)
When ideologies tangle 19 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Books / Livres, History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Book Review, John Owen, political Islam, secularism
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Financial Times (Asia Ed) Monday, January 19, 2015, p. 8
Review by Borzou Daragahi
Once the roles were reversed. Four hundred years ago, as Christian Europe became engulfed in religious conflict, a stable, prosperous Muslim superpower looked on with interest. (suite…)
Islam expert Nilüfer Göle: ‘a new Europe where Muslims play a great role’ 14 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, France, Immigration, Religion.Tags: Nilüfer Göle
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Euronews, 14/01/2015 Français Türkçe
Bahtiyar Küçük
After the terrorist attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, not only France but many across the whole of Europe came together against it. (suite…)
Selçuk: « Le rire est insoumis » 10 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, France, Religion.Tags: caricature, Charlie Hebdo, Selçuk Demirel
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Tribune de Genève (Suisse) Samedi, samedi 10 janvier 2015, p. 24
Katia Berger
Collaborateur régulier du « Monde diplomatique » , le dessinateur de presse franco-turc milite pour le crayon. (suite…)
Réunis autour du curé et de l’imam, ils étaient eux aussi tous Charlie 10 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in France, Immigration, Religion.Tags: association, Charlie Hebdo, Haute-Loire, Sainte-Sigolène
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Le Progrès (France) samedi 10 janvier 2015, p. La Haute-Loire et sa région-8
Damien Nore
Sainte-Sigolène. Les hommages se poursuivent en Haute-Loire après l’attentat terroriste contre le siège du journal satirique « Charlie Hebdo ». (suite…)
« Nous sommes attaqués par des personnes qui utilisent la religion » 10 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in France, Immigration, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Charlie Hebdo, mosquée, Quimper
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Le Télégramme (Bretagne) samedi 10 janvier 2015, p. FIN1
Marc Revel
Il ne s’est quasiment jamais exprimé publiquement depuis son arrivée à Quimper il y a trois ans. Sitki Türk, imam salarié de l’état turc pour cinq ans dans la capitale cornouaillaise, a tenu, hier, à appeler tous les musulmans au rassemblement prévu demain. (suite…)
Special Study of Islam 2015 8 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Immigration, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bertelsmann Stiftung, Dirk Halm, Germany, Islam, Kai Hafez, Martina Sauer, Religion Monitor, Richard Traunmüller, Sabrina Schmidt
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Religion Monitor (Bertelsmann Stiftung) January 2015 Deutsch
Dirk Halm, Martina Sauer, Kai Hafez, Sabrina Schmidt, Richard Traunmüller *
Most of the four million Muslims living in Germany are part of the country’s social fabric. Their attitudes and viewpoints very much reflect the Federal Republic’s basic values, such as a belief in democracy and diversity. (suite…)
Turkey Promotes Religious Schools, Often Defying Parents 17 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Education, imam hatip
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The New York Times (USA) Wednesday, December 17, 2014, p. A6
By Ceylan Yeginsu, Istanbul
When Semra dropped off her 13-year-old daughter for the first day of high school, she had to fight back tears as she entered the dimly lit basement classroom, brightened by the red of the girls’ head scarves and the walls emblazoned with Quranic verses written in Arabic script. (suite…)
Pape François – Recueillement au cœur de la mosquée 30 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: chrétiens, dialogue interreligieux, Pape François, Vatican
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Le Journal du Dimanche (France) 30 novembre 2014, p. 1-10-11
Marie-Christine Tabet, envoyée spéciale à Istanbul (Turquie)
En visite à Istanbul, à la frontière des mondes chrétien et musulman, le pape a appelé au dialogue interreligieux et osé un geste audacieux contre « le fondamentalisme » , une prière dans la Mosquée bleue. (suite…)
Turquie : visite papale sur fond de djihad 28 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, alévis, chrétiens, Irak, Islam, Pape François, réfugiés, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, soufisme, Vatican
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Le Figaro (France) no. 21869, vendredi 28 novembre 2014, p. 10
Jean-Marie Guénois, Envoyé spécial à Ankara
François, qui arrive vendredi à Ankara avant de se rendre à Istanbul, rencontrera des réfugiés venus d’Irak. (suite…)
Olivier Roy « Je me bats contre les préjugés sur l’islam » 30 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Books / Livres, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, France, Immigration, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: État islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL), Daech, Islam, Jean-Louis Schlegel, laïcité, Olivier Roy
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Pèlerin (France) no. 6883, jeudi 30 octobre 2014, p. 4-7
Sophie Laurant
Philosophe, sociologue, ce spécialiste de l’islam politique a débuté sa carrière en apprenant les langues orientales et en voyageant dans les montagnes afghanes. (suite…)
Turkish Reforms Entangle Education 13 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Batuhan Aydagul, Education, Education Reform Initiative, secularism
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The International New York Times (USA) October 13, 2014
By Aysegül Sert
Istanbul — The term “New Turkey,” meticulously coined and methodically delivered by the government to penetrate the public psyche, and reiterated during the campaign for Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s bid for the presidency, continues to reverberate long after he has won. (suite…)
Rise of Islamic schools causes alarm in secular Turkey 21 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Education, Education Reform Initiative, imam-hatip schools, religious education
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Agence France Presse, Sunday, September 21, 2014
by Dilay Gundogan and Emmanuelle Baillon, Istanbul
When Turkish pupils received their school entry exam results after the end of last term, textile worker and father Halil Ibrahim Beyhan received an unpleasant surprise. (suite…)
Sheikh Nazim. Religious leader. Born: 1922 10 mai 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Religion.Tags: Cyprus, Obituaries, Sheikh Nazim, Sufism
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The Independent (London, UK) Saturday, May 10, 2014, p. 40
Obituaries
Paul Levy & Chris Maume
Testing an EU-Candidate’s Place on the Maps of Global Economic, Political and Social Values: The Case of Turkey 15 avril 2014
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: administrative processes, Almas Heshmati, Arno Tausch, bureaucracy, corruption, Institute for the Study of Labor, international political economy, IZA Discussion Paper
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IZA Discussion Paper (Institute for the Study of Labor) No. 8163, April 2014
Arno Tausch & Almas Heshmati *
Following the attempt by Alesina and Guiliano (2013) to measure global culture and to project these measurements onto real choropleth geographical world maps, we utilize the data from the World Values Survey (WVS) to arrive at robust measurement scales of global economic, political and social values and to assess Turkey’s place on them. (suite…)
Alberto Ambrosio. Un mystique sur le Bosphore 18 février 2014
Posted by Acturca in France, Istanbul, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Alberto Ambrosio, soufisme
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La Croix (France) no. 39813, mardi 18 février 2014, p. 24
Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner
Ce frère dominicain a plongé dans le monde soufi, une recherche académique qui a enrichi sa quête mystique, encore loin d’être achevée. (suite…)
The Structural Roots of Turkey’s Power Struggle 4 février 2014
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Fethullah Gülen, Galip Dalay, Gulen movement, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, February 4, 2014
Galip Dalay *
A fierce power struggle between the governing AK Party and the Gülen Movement has dominated Turkey’s political scene, generating wide interest both domestically and internationally. Thus far, conjectural factors have been largely blamed for the crisis. (suite…)
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