Working group The Muslim World League, an Islamic revival? Lecture Add to calendar 2022-11-16 14:00 2022-11-16 16:00 Europe/Rome The Muslim World League, an Islamic revival? Sala Triaria Villa Schifanoia YYYY-MM-DD Print Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email When 16 November 2022 14:00 - 16:00 CET Where Sala Triaria Villa Schifanoia Organised by Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies MED: Middle East Directions Programme Join Visiting Fellow Louis Blin discussing his book that tackles the impact of an emerging post-Wahhabi Saudi Arabia on the Muslim world The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia embodies the aspirations of his generation to tear down the walls of a suffocating patriarchal society and to secularize it, without leaving religion behind. The secretary general of the Muslim World League, Mohammed al-Issa, supports this reformism. He drives a radical reorientation since 2016, fighting sectarianism to reconnect with religious diversity, and rejecting political Islam as well as the various types of Salafism. This book places this development in the context of a powerful current of Muslim revivalism that has gone largely unnoticed by Westerners, mostly focused on Islamism and Salafism. It links it to that of an emerging post-Wahhabi Saudi Arabia. It finally draws its consequences for the integration of Islam and its followers in France. After the jihadi winter, the humanist turn of the Muslim World League brings hope for renewal and reconciliation of Muslims with themselves and with the world. Links: Louis Blin Contact(s): Valentina Gorgoni Scientific Organiser(s): Louis Blin (European University Institute) Discussant(s): Théo Blanc (EUI - RSCAS) Speaker(s): Louis Blin (European University Institute)