Les identités religieuses contemporaines au Yémen : convergence, résistances et instrumentalisations
It is generally assumed that contemporary religious identities in Yemen are more or less equally divided between two Islamic sects: Shiite Zaydism and Sunni Shafeism. Yet a number of transformations, encouraged and instrumented by the Republican state, question the relevance of such a divide. The op...
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| description | It is generally assumed that contemporary religious identities in Yemen are more or less equally divided between two Islamic sects: Shiite Zaydism and Sunni Shafeism. Yet a number of transformations, encouraged and instrumented by the Republican state, question the relevance of such a divide. The opposition between these two identities has gradually led the way to a process of convergence, that can’t be considered mere “sunnification”. This convergence is mainly linked to the spread of Islamic Reform movements and the growing individualization and marketization of religious practices. The dominion of this “new” Yemeni religious identity is yet incomplete and has to face important resistance coming from certain Zaydi groups and Salafis, but also paradoxically from State actors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f562a8d18308465e993c20d67422a65f2024-02-13T15:20:14ZengUniversité de ProvenceRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée0997-13272105-22712008-04-0112119921310.4000/remmm.4963Les identités religieuses contemporaines au Yémen : convergence, résistances et instrumentalisationsLaurent BonnefoyIt is generally assumed that contemporary religious identities in Yemen are more or less equally divided between two Islamic sects: Shiite Zaydism and Sunni Shafeism. Yet a number of transformations, encouraged and instrumented by the Republican state, question the relevance of such a divide. The opposition between these two identities has gradually led the way to a process of convergence, that can’t be considered mere “sunnification”. This convergence is mainly linked to the spread of Islamic Reform movements and the growing individualization and marketization of religious practices. The dominion of this “new” Yemeni religious identity is yet incomplete and has to face important resistance coming from certain Zaydi groups and Salafis, but also paradoxically from State actors.https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/4963 |
| spellingShingle | Laurent Bonnefoy Les identités religieuses contemporaines au Yémen : convergence, résistances et instrumentalisations Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée |
| title | Les identités religieuses contemporaines au Yémen : convergence, résistances et instrumentalisations |
| title_full | Les identités religieuses contemporaines au Yémen : convergence, résistances et instrumentalisations |
| title_fullStr | Les identités religieuses contemporaines au Yémen : convergence, résistances et instrumentalisations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Les identités religieuses contemporaines au Yémen : convergence, résistances et instrumentalisations |
| title_short | Les identités religieuses contemporaines au Yémen : convergence, résistances et instrumentalisations |
| title_sort | les identites religieuses contemporaines au yemen convergence resistances et instrumentalisations |
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