Authors

Nabil Mouline

 

Nabil Mouline is a senior researcher in The French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). He is the author, among other works, of Le Califat imaginaire d’Ahmad Al-Mansûr [The Imaginary Caliphate of Ahmad Al-Mansûr] (PUF, Paris, 2009) and The Clerics of Islam: Religious Authority and Political Power in Saudi Arabia (Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014).

ARTICLES BY Nabil Mouline

  • Reconsidering the Rif Revolt (1958-59)

    Reconsidering the Rif Revolt (1958-59)

    “The people of the North have previously known the violence of the crown prince; it will be best for them not to know that of the king’s.” It is in this way that Hassan II (1961-1999) addressed himself to the inhabitants of northwest Morocco—and to the rest of the population—in reaction to the r..

  • Qui sera l’Etat ? : Le soulèvement du Rif reconsidéré (1958-59)

    Qui sera l’Etat ? : Le soulèvement du Rif reconsidéré (1958-59)

    « Les gens du nord ont autrefois connu la violence du Prince héritier, il vaudrait mieux pour eux qu’ils ne connaissent pas celle du Roi

  • The Invention of Throne Day

    The Invention of Throne Day

    Since the Middle Ages, ruling dynasties in Morocco have resorted to political religious rituals to legitimize and affirm their power. The Moroccan monarchy’s ritual complex reached its height under Ahmad al-Mansur (1578-1603), the founder of the Makhzen (the governing institution in Morocco). Un..