Revue du monde musulman

Magazine about the Islamic countries in Paris, France (1906–1926)

  • Alfred Le Chatelier
  • Louis Massignon
PublisherErnest LerouxFounderMission Scientifique au MarocFounded1906First issueNovember 1906Final issue1926CountryFranceBased inParisLanguageFrenchISSN2419-4433OCLC857933205

Revue du monde musulman (French: Review of the Muslim World) was a French magazine headquartered in Paris, France. The magazine featured articles about the events in the Islamic countries. It existed between 1906 and 1926.

History and profile

Revue du monde musulman was launched in Paris in 1906.[1] The first issue appeared in November that year.[2] The magazine was founded by the Mission Scientifique au Maroc which was established by the French in Tangier.[3] The publisher of Revue du monde musulman was Ernest Leroux.[1] Its editor was Alfred Le Chatelier who was also instrumental in the establishment of Revue du monde musulman.[2] The magazine mostly covered articles on the developments and social and educational situation in the Muslim countries.[2]

The contributors were mainly French scholars who studied Islam, but Muslim authors also contributed to Revue du monde musulman.[2] From 1911 the board of editors included L. Bouvat, Antoine Cabaton, H. Cordier, O. Houdas, Clément Huart, Louis Massignon,[4] J. Vinson and A. Visière.[2] During World War I the magazine was published irregularly, but following the end of the war it began to be published five times per year.[2] In 1919 Louis Massignon replaced Alfred Le Chatelier as the editor.[2]

Revue du monde musulman was in circulation until 1926.[1][5] Its successor was Revue des études islamiques which was started in 1927.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Revue du monde musulman". BnF Gallica. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Ahmet Kavas (2008). "Revue du monde musulman (RMM)". İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Vol. 35.
  3. ^ Timothy Mitchell (2004). "The Middle East in the Past and Future of Social Science". In David L. Szanton (ed.). The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA; London: University of California Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-520-24536-5.
  4. ^ Henri Lauzière (2010). "The construction of salafiyya: Reconsidering Salafism from the perspective of conceptual history". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 42 (3): 379. doi:10.1017/S0020743810000401. S2CID 145322064.
  5. ^ Edmund Burke III (5 November 2018). "In Search of the Sociology of Islam: The Revue du monde musulman" (Text of a lecture). UCSC. Retrieved 1 May 2022.