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- Title
Citizen Chawich: Arabs, Islam and Rights in the French Revolution.
- Authors
Coller, Ian
- Abstract
The article discusses the involvement of foreigners in the French Revolution, focusing on the efforts of Arab Jacobin Dom Denis Chawich to defend the rights of Muslim Arabs in France. Other topics include the history of religious tolerance in France, information on how rights for Muslims deteriorated as the Revolution progressed, and how rights granted by foreign powers became suspect during the Revolution.
- Subjects
CHAWICH, Dom Denis; FRENCH Muslims; HISTORY of human rights; HUMAN rights &; religion; RELIGIOUS tolerance; HUMAN rights policy; FRENCH Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Social aspects; EIGHTEENTH century; HISTORY; ISLAM
- Publication
French History & Civilization, 2014, Vol 5, p42
- ISSN
1832-9683
- Publication type
Article