Abdennour Bidar (born 13 January 1971) is a French writer and philosopher of Islamic culture. Céline Zünd, Emmanuel Gehrig et Olivier Perrin, "Dans le Coran, sur 6300 versets, cinq contiennent un appel à tuer", Le Temps, Thursday 29 January 2015, pages 10–11.
Author of several books and many articles, he came to public attention in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo shooting, when he wrote an "Open Letter to the Muslim World".Abdennour Bidar, "Open Letter to the Muslim World" (page visited on 30 January 2015). Abdennour Bidar, , Huffington Post (page visited on 30 January 2015).
He works for the French Ministry of National Education. In 2015, due to the death of Abdelwahab Meddeb, he is named responsible of the programme "Cultures d'islam" (English: "Cultures of Islam") on the public radio France Culture.
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Bibliography Mohammed Hashas, "Reading Abdennour Bidar: New Pathways for European Islamic Thought," Journal of Muslims in Europe, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2013, pages 45 – 76, at: books and Journal Brill online Mohammed Hashas, "Abdennour Bidar: self Islam, Islamic existentialism, and overcoming religion," in The Idea of European Islam: Religion, Ethics, Politics and Perpetual Modernity at Routlegde.com (London and New York: Routledge, 2019)Chapter four, pp. 140-162.
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