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My guest is Nadia Marzouki. Nadia is a Research Fellow in Political Science at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris, France. Her work examines public controversies about Islam and religious freedom in Europe and the United States. She has written and co-edited several books, including Islam, an American Religion, published by Columbia University Press in 2017, and with Olivier Roy and Duncan McDonnell of Saving the People, How Populists Hijack Religion, published by Hurst and Oxford University Press in 2017. We talk about Islam and Islamophobia in France and the US and the newest enemy of the French government, the so-called Islamo-Lefists. Nadia tweets at @NadiaMarzouki1.

My guest is <a href="https://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/en/cerispire-user/30081/27392" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nadia Marzouki</a>. Nadia is a Research Fellow in Political Science at the National Center for Scientific Research (<a href="http://www.cnrs.fr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CNRS</a>) in Paris, France. Her work examines public controversies about Islam and religious freedom in Europe and the United States. She has written and co-edited several books, including Islam, an American Religion, published by Columbia University Press in 2017, and with Olivier Roy and Duncan McDonnell of <a href="https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/saving-people/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Saving the People, How Populists Hijack Religion</a>, published by Hurst and Oxford University Press in 2017. We talk about Islam and Islamophobia in France and the US and the newest enemy of the French government, the so-called Islamo-Lefists. Nadia tweets at <a href="https://twitter.com/nadiamarzouki1?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@NadiaMarzouki1</a>.

34. Nadia Marzouki on Islam, Islamophobia, and "Islamo-Leftism" in France

Episode 5: Interview with Nadia Marzouki:   Islam: An American Religion  [in English] Dr. Nadia Marzouki is a Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School and a Research Fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. Her work examines public controversies about Islam in Europe and the United States. She is also interested in debates about religious freedom and democratization in North Africa. She is the author of Islam: An American Religion (Columbia University Press, 2017). She coedited with Olivier Roy and Duncan McDonnell, Saving the People, How Populists Hijack Religion (Oxford University Press, 2016). In this Podcast, CEMAT Director, Dr. Laryssa Chomiak, interviews Dr. Nadia Marzouki about her recent book, as well as public debates over religion and public space in the United States, North Africa, and beyond. The recording is part of the Contemporary Thoughts discussion series and was recorded at the Centre d’Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT), on 03 October 2017, in Tunis, Tunisia. 

Episode 5: Interview with Nadia Marzouki: Islam: An American Religion  [in English] <a href="http://cespra.ehess.fr/index.php?2587" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Nadia Marzouki</a> is a Lecturer in Law at <a href="https://law.yale.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yale Law School</a> and a Research Fellow at the <a href="http://www.cnrs.fr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris</a>. Her work examines public controversies about Islam in Europe and the United States. She is also interested in debates about religious freedom and democratization in North Africa. She is the author of <a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/islam/9780231176804" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Islam: An American Religion</a> (Columbia University Press, 2017). She coedited with <a href="https://www.eui.eu/DepartmentsAndCentres/PoliticalAndSocialSciences/People/Professors/Roy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Olivier Roy</a> and <a href="https://griffith.academia.edu/DuncanMcDonnell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Duncan McDonnell</a>, <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/saving-the-people-9780190639013?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Saving the People, How Populists Hijack Religion</a> (Oxford University Press, 2016). In this Podcast, CEMAT Director, <a href="https://umd.academia.edu/LaryssaChomiak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Laryssa Chomiak</a>, interviews Dr. Nadia Marzouki about her recent book, as well as public debates over religion and public space in the United States, North Africa, and beyond. The recording is part of the Contemporary Thoughts discussion series and was recorded at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cematmaghrib/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Centre d’Études Maghrébines à Tunis</a> (<a href="https://www.cematmaghrib.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CEMAT</a>), on 03 October 2017, in Tunis, Tunisia.

 Interview with Nadia Marzouki

Nadia Marzouki explores how the topic of Islam has become so contentious in America.Marzouki says her research showed her that controversies around Muslims living in America don't just express Islamophobia. "They betray and express a deeper discomfort and unease with an understanding of law, an understanding of rights, and an understanding of equal democracy. This is really what's at stake in the conversations among the disputes around mosques, Sharia law, and also— in a more minor way— the headscarf... or various forms of religious rituals related to the Islamic communities."As an observer from Europe, Marzouki says, "It was really surprising to see how similar all the rhetorical tropes animating anti-Muslim movements were similar in Europe and the United States. This was all the more surprising because all the sociologies of Islam in Europe and United States. You don't have the same Muslim communities. They don't come from the same ethnic backgrounds. They don't have the same socio-economic level. They don't have the same level of education. In general, they're much more educated and have a better social economic level in the U.S. Before 2001, and even more so before 2008,  Islam was never such a big problem in domestic politics in the United States.""What's really completely absurd and problematic in the current situation both in Europe and in the U.S. is that we are deciding policies based on stereotypical discourse— and without any account for the empirics and the lived realities of Muslim communities."Marzouki is an Andrew Carnegie Centennial Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, and a research fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative.

Nadia Marzouki explores how the topic of Islam has become so contentious in America. Marzouki says her research showed her that controversies around Muslims living in America don't just express Islamophobia. "They betray and express a deeper discomfort and unease with an understanding of law, an understanding of rights, and an understanding of equal democracy. This is really what's at stake in the conversations among the disputes around mosques, Sharia law, and also— in a more minor way— the headscarf... or various forms of religious rituals related to the Islamic communities." As an observer from Europe, Marzouki says, "It was really surprising to see how similar all the rhetorical tropes animating anti-Muslim movements were similar in Europe and the United States. This was all the more surprising because all the sociologies of Islam in Europe and United States. You don't have the same Muslim communities. They don't come from the same ethnic backgrounds. They don't have the same socio-economic level. They don't have the same level of education. In general, they're much more educated and have a better social economic level in the U.S. Before 2001, and even more so before 2008, Islam was never such a big problem in domestic politics in the United States." "What's really completely absurd and problematic in the current situation both in Europe and in the U.S. is that we are deciding policies based on stereotypical discourse— and without any account for the empirics and the lived realities of Muslim communities." Marzouki is an Andrew Carnegie Centennial Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, and a research fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative.

Islam in America: A Conversation with Nadia Marzouki (S. 5, Ep. 34)