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Identifying the areas devoted to Muslim prayer in Perpignan, this article provides a descriptive table from an ethnographic and urbane investigation. Crossing data obtained highlights the links between the singularities of a religious practice and the urban space of a city in the South of France. It allows you to rethink the issue of Muslim places of worship not only at city level but also outside of the "Muslim world". In addition to laws and regulations governing public-access buildings, mosques are subject to social and political considerations which go beyond the strict framework of the administration of urban space and crystallize in the relationship between the mayor and officials Muslim associations of the city.It is very clear that Islam contributes to the emergence of new spatiality revisiting the landscape representations of European cities. The study of relations between the Muslim places of worship of Perpignan and the urban area of this city demonstrates an interpenetration of space and society. Indeed, the typology of mosques of Perpignan partly collides with the socio-urban layout of the city. On the one hand, spatial analysis reports three types of mosque which reflect both the representations and practices of space; on the other, sociological analysis reveals three differentiated situations in terms of interactions between (religious) community and (civil) society. Insofar, especially, the mosque is taking part in the structuring of the territory of the European cities, should-it be considered by public authorities as a full-fledged public equipment? |
