Knowledge Production of Religious Institutions in North Africa

Authors’ Biographies 9 In English 11 In Arabic Opening remarks 13 In English 15 In Arabic Ammar MANAA Matthias SCHÄFER Siham CHERIF Introduction: The Topic, Its Significance, and Objectives 23 In English 25 In Arabic Zoubir AROUS 35 Chapter 1: The Epistemic Production of Religious Institutions in North Africa and Sudan — Theoretical Path and Applied Methodology (in Arabic) Zoubir AROUS 45 Chapter 2: The Conflict Between Jurisprudence and Secular Law in Contemporary Maghreb Societies (in Arabic) Abdelmadjid CHARFI 59 Chapter 3: Authority and Religious Institutions in Libya : A Historical and Epistemological Approach (in Arabic) Mustafa Omar AL-TIR 89 Chapter 4: The Role of Mobile Lecture Institutions in Distributing the Legacy of Jurisprudence: The Case of Mauritania (in Arabic) Mohamed ABDELHAY 127 Chapter 5: Religious Institutions in Times of Change: Awareness and Response. Al-Azhar Documents as a Model (in Arabic) Mohamed Helmy ABDELWAHAB 151 Chapter 6: The Production of Religious Knowledge in Sudan and Institutional Positions on Renewing Religious Discourse : The New Understanding of Islam (in Arabic) Abdallah EL-FAKKI El-BASHIR 207 Chapter 7: Religious Education and the Project of Social Rooting :A Socio-Historical Approach: The Algerian Experience as a Mode (in Arabic) Siham CHERIF 221 Chapter 8: The Supreme Islamic Council : An Attempt to Read Its Transformations (in Arabic) Fatima Zahra DJEDDID 239 Chapter 9: A Sociological Analysis of International Forums on Islamic Thought : The Setif 1986 and Tebessa 1989 Forums as Models (in Arabic) Rachid MIMOUNI 249 Chapter 10: Forums on Islamic Thought :A Thematic Study Through Issues of the Journal "Al-Asala"(in Arabic) Farid MERKACHE 265 Chapter 11: Mosque Imams’ Use of Social Media : A Socio-Religious Study on a Sample of Imams in Setif Province (Algeria) (in Arabic) Hassan BOUSSERSOUB 285 Chapter 12: The Journey of Emir Abd-el-Kader University of Islamic Sciences in Constantine (1984–2023) (in Arabic) Abdallah BOUKHELKHAL 299 Chapter 13: Theology and Comparative Religion at Emir Abd-el-Kader University in Constantine (Algeria): Content and Challenges (in Arabic) Djilali EL MESTARI 323 Chapter 14: Toward Methodological Alternatives Linking Islamic Sciences with Social Sciences (in Arabic) Sari HANAFI 343 Chapter 15: Islamic Religious Education in Secular Pluralistic Societies: Germany as a Model (in Arabic) Moez KHALFAOUI 27 Chapter 16 : Political and legal frameworks for the training of imams and clerics in Germany and Europe Andreas JACOBS 31 Chapter 17 : Imam training in Germany: “something new in the West”! Esnaf BEGIĆ 37 Chapter 18 : Le religieux en Algérie après l’indépendance : mutations institutionnelles et acteurs (in French) Ahmed ROUADJIA

This volume brings together a collection of research papers presented at the international conference held in Oran on June 6–7, 2023, organized in partnership between the Centre for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology (Algeria), the “Religion and Society” Research Laboratory at the University of Algiers 2, and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Algiers Office. The conference focused on knowledge production by religious institutions in their three forms—traditional, academic, and constitutional—across North Africa and Sudan. The primary and most important motivation behind organizing this conference stemmed from the fact that these institutions hold a special significance at the structural, functional, and political levels. They also occupy a sacred position within the broader context of the religious consciousness of the societies of the region and serve as sources of knowledge that respond to the needs of states and communities for cultural renewal, particularly through a comparative perspective with the experience of the Federal Republic of Germany.