Two French researchers win Mohammed prize for best thesis on Islam

Young French researchers, Remy Madinier and Jean-Pierre Van Staevel, were awarded on Monday the first Mohammed VI prize for the best thesis on Islam and Islamic world societies.

The prize was given by the Institute for Islam and Islamic world Societies Studies (IISMM) to Madinier for his thesis entitled "L'urne, l'etoile et le croissant: le Masjumi 1945-1960, and Jean-Pierre Van Staevel for his study "Les usagers de la ville.

Madinier's thesis is about an Islamic Indonesian party, the Masjumi, which existed between 1945 and 1960, and militated not to create an Islamic state, but a state based on the principles of Islam.

The thesis of joint winner, Jean-Pierre Van Staevel, is a normative discourse on urban housing and construction in the medieval West ( X and XIV centuries)

The prize for best thesis on Islam and Islamic world societies, worth 100,000 FF, rewards students who have conducted research on Islam and the Islamic World societies in the fields of linguistics, law, economy, urban studies, geography, sociology, anthropology, and musicology at the institute of Islamic studies and Islamic World Societies (IISMM).

It was created in November by Morocco and the French social sciences school.