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The Institutionalization of Religion in The Kingdom of Morocco: The Supreme Council of Scholars

Year 2023, Volume: 11 Issue: Afrika, 88 - 101, 30.09.2023
https://doi.org/10.18506/anemon.1311042

Abstract

The Ministry of Religion and Foundation Affairs which was established during the protectorate of France, preserved its existence and carried on the activities even after the independence of the Kingdom of Morocco in 1956. The Ministry's function in the new term was to play an important role in transfering the strong rituals of the Kingdom of Morocco to the modern period. Moreover, the ministry has sustained its institutional growth continuously in some way while maintaning its aforementioned function. Even the neighbours of Morocco was affected by the crises that were resulted from the demonstrations starting in many countries in the North Africa and the Middle East in 2011. However, pulling out the system stronger and well-established from the period by reading such movements correctly has led to more discussions for the "exceptional status" of the Kingdom of Morocco. In this study, institutionalization of the Ministry of Religion and Foundation Affairs which took an important role in creation and maintenance of the exceptional status of the Kingdom of Morocco will be covered. The Supreme Council of Scholars was chosen in order to analyze how the aforenamed period has had effects on the whole country. As a consequence, in this study, through the Supreme Council of Scholars, the way the Kingdom of Morocco has completed the religous institutionalization period and how it had effects on other religious institutions is accentuated.

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  • Tozy, M. (2009). L’évolution du champ religieux marocain au défi de la mondialisation. Revue internationale de politique comparee, Vol. 16(1), 63-81.
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Fas Krallığında Dinin Kurumsallaşması: Yüksek Âlimler Konseyi

Year 2023, Volume: 11 Issue: Afrika, 88 - 101, 30.09.2023
https://doi.org/10.18506/anemon.1311042

Abstract

Fransa Himayesi döneminde kurulmuş olan Din ve Vakıf İşleri Bakanlığı, Fas Krallığı devleti 1956 yılında bağımsızlığını kazandıktan sonra da varlığını korumuş ve faaliyetlerini devam ettirmiştir. Bakanlığın bu yeni dönemdeki işlevi ise Fas Krallığı’nın sahip olduğu güçlü ritüellerin modern döneme aktarılmasında önemli bir rol üstlenmek olmuştur. Ayrıca, Bakanlık söz konusu işlevini yerine getirirken sürekli bir şekilde kurumsal büyümesini sürdürmeye de devam etmiştir. 2011 yılında Ortadoğu ve Kuzey Afrika coğrafyasında birçok ülkede başlayan protesto gösterileri sonrası yaşanan krizlerden Fas’ın komşuları da etkilenmiştir. Ancak bu eylemleri doğru okuyarak bahse konu süreçten “sistemi” daha güçlü ve oturmuş bir şekilde çıkartan Fas Krallığı’nın “istisnai hâli” daha çok tartışılmaya başlanmıştır. İşte bu çalışmada, Fas Krallığı’nın bu istisnai durumunun oluşumunda ve devamında önemli bir rol üstlenmiş olan Din ve Vakıf İşleri Bakanlığının kurumsallaşma süreci ele alınacaktır. Söz konusu sürecin tüm ülkede nasıl bir etkiye sahip olduğunu daha iyi analiz edebilmek için ise vaka olarak Yüksek Âlimler Konseyi seçilmiştir. Sonuç olarak bu çalışmada Yüksek Âlimler Konseyi üzerinden, Fas Krallığı’nın dini kurumsallaşma sürecini nasıl tamamladığı ve bunun diğer dini kurumlara nasıl etki ettiği üzerinde durulacaktır.

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  • Belal, Y. (2013). L’islam politique au Maroc. Pouvoirs, 145(2), 71-81. https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.145.0071
  • Boukous, A. (1998). Mohammed Mokhtar Soussi. Figure emblématique de la différence. NAQD, 11(1), 101-118. https://doi.org/10.3917/naqd.011.0101
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  • Hamouda. (t.y.-a). Conseil supérieur des Oulémas.http://www.habous.gov.ma/fr/conseil-supérieur-des-oulémas.html (Erişim Tarihi: 6 Haziran 2023).
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  • Tozy, M. (2013a). 5. Des oulémas frondeurs à la bureaucratie du « croire ». Les péripéties d’une restructuration annoncée du champ religieux au Maroc: İçinde La bureaucratisation néolibérale (ss. 129-154). La Découverte. https://doi.org/10.3917/dec.hibou.2013.01.0129
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  • Wyrtzen, J. (2015). Making Morocco: Colonial intervention and the politics of identity. Cornell University Press.
  • Wyrtzen, J. D. (2009). Constructing Morocco: The colonial struggle to define the nation 1912-1956 [Thesis, Georgetown University]. Içinde Dept. Of History, Doctoral dissertations, 2009. https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/553117
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Burak Yetimoğlu 0000-0001-5603-3643

Early Pub Date September 29, 2023
Publication Date September 30, 2023
Acceptance Date August 13, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2023 Volume: 11 Issue: Afrika

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APA Yetimoğlu, B. (2023). Fas Krallığında Dinin Kurumsallaşması: Yüksek Âlimler Konseyi. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 11(Afrika), 88-101. https://doi.org/10.18506/anemon.1311042

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