Abdennour Bidar Explained
Abdennour Bidar (born 13 January 1971) is a French writer and philosopher of Islamic culture.[1]
Author of several books and many articles, he came to public attention in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo shooting, when he wrote an "Open Letter to the Muslim World".[1] [2] [3]
He works for the French Ministry of National Education. In 2015, due to the death of Abdelwahab Meddeb, he is named responsible of the programme "Cultures d'islam" (English: "Cultures of Islam") on the public radio France Culture.
Bibliography
- Mohammed Hashas, "Reading Abdennour Bidar: New Pathways for European Islamic Thought," Journal of Muslims in Europe, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2013, pages 45 – 76, at: books and Journal Brill online
- Mohammed Hashas, "Abdennour Bidar: self Islam, Islamic existentialism, and overcoming religion," in The Idea of European Islam: Religion, Ethics, Politics and Perpetual Modernity at Routlegde.com (London and New York: Routledge, 2019)Chapter four, pp. 140-162.
- Book: Kiwan, Nadia . May 2020 . Abdennour Bidar: existentialist Islam as intercultural translation, in - Secularism, Islam and Public Intellectuals in Contemporary France . Manchester Scholarship Online . 9781784994129.
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Notes and References
- Céline Zünd, Emmanuel Gehrig et Olivier Perrin, "Dans le Coran, sur 6300 versets, cinq contiennent un appel à tuer", Le Temps, Thursday 29 January 2015, pages 10–11.
- Abdennour Bidar, "Open Letter to the Muslim World" (page visited on 30 January 2015).
- Abdennour Bidar, "Lettre ouverte au monde musulman", Huffington Post (page visited on 30 January 2015).
