After a literature review of space, urbanity, and religion, this article identifies some descriptive categories and analytical frameworks to theorize problems faced by religious minorities, especially Muslims, in obtaining space for their cemeteries and places of worship. A second section focuses on debates and an analysis related to these themes in the province of Quebec (Canada), especially in the City of Montreal, showing that while spatial dimensions rarely constitute an analytical category, this aspect is nevertheless a continual source of tension. The article illustrates how dysfunctional administrative processes have dominated the public scene in recent years. A case study shows how a few actors are exploiting provincial regulations in order to oppose public decisions that seek to accommodate the needs of Muslims, using a process for approving amendments to zoning bylaws by way of referendum. After a brief examination of the case related to a Muslim cemetery in a village near Quebec City, to shed light on the recent debates surrounding regulations, the article analyzes the decision-making process resulting in a failure to modify zoning regulations in order to welcome new places of worship in a borough of Montreal. While analyzing administrative and legal aspects, the article also exposes the complexity of the social and spatial dynamics at stake. Our conclusion is that any successful public policy on diversity must employ multilayered strategies, particularly to support space regulations with foundational intercultural and interreligious initiatives. It also brings attention to the perverse effect of some local participatory procedures, whereby a few actors maneuver to mobilize citizens, in order to resist the religious pluralization of space.

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空间，宗教多样性和谈判过程

在对空间，城市性和宗教进行文献综述之后，本文确定了一些描述性类别和分析框架，以理论化宗教少数群体，尤其是穆斯林在为其墓地和礼拜场所获得空间时所面临的问题。第二部分着重于魁北克省（加拿大），特别是蒙特利尔市中与这些主题相关的辩论和分析，表明尽管空间维度很少构成分析范畴，但这一方面仍然是持续紧张的根源。这篇文章说明了功能失调的行政程序如何在最近几年主导了公众视野。案例研究表明，一些行为者是如何利用省级法规来反对旨在满足穆斯林需求的公共决策，使用全民投票方式批准分区章程修正案的流程。在对与魁北克市附近一个村庄的穆斯林公墓有关的案件进行了简要检查之后，为阐明有关法规的最新辩论，文章分析了决策过程，导致未能修改分区法规以迎接新的法规。蒙特利尔自治市的礼拜场所。在分析行政和法律方面时，本文还揭示了社会和空间动态的复杂性。我们的结论是，任何成功的关于多样性的公共政策都必须采用多层战略，尤其是要通过基础性的跨文化和宗教活动来支持空间法规。它还引起了人们对某些局部参与程序的不良影响的关注，