The research group seeks to clarify the mechanisms of fundamentalism and its various expressions. Very often, ideological and ritualistic orders are so interwoven that they lead to community identifications.
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Christianity and Islam: theologians in dialogue
Cahiers de la Revue théologique de Louvain N°45 co-edited by Michel Younès and André Wénin. This book initiates a dialogue between Christian and Muslim theologians on how the former view Islam and ...
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PISAI from Tunis to Rome 1964-2014
Lecture given at the Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) in Rome, 22 January 2015.
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The emergence of the Nostra Ætate Declaration at Vatican Council II
“The text of the Declaration on the Church’s Relations with Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate) was undoubtedly one of the final surprises of the Second Vatican Council, because no one ha...
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Muslim morality, Islamic ethics, Šarī’a in situations
Original title : “Morale musulmane, déontologie islamique, Šarī‘a en situations” Sumary Does necessity make legal, in Islam, what is prohibited? It is to this question that this article...
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Massignon, Jesus and Mary, Ḥallāj and Fāṭima
Extract “This admission of the ‘Christian re-born’ that was then Louis Massignon says quite how decisive were, in his conversion of 1908, the crossed intercessions of Huysmans, Ḥa...
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Louis Massignon, Muhammad Hamidullah and his French translation of the Koran
First lines of the introduction “In 1959, in the luxurious collection of the French Book Club, appeared the first translation of the Koran into French made by a Muslim, Mr. Muhammad Hamidulla...
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Christians and Muslims: Similarities and Diversity
Publisher Overview Throughout the ages, the Qur’an, the “sacred book”, has often been presented in a polemical form vis-à-vis Jews and Christians, which has given rise to an initi...
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Interreligious Dialogue and Ethnic Nationalisms in the Balkans
At the invitation of PISAI (Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Rome) and Georgetown University, Ahmet Alibašić, professor of Islamic civilization at the Faculty of Islamic Studies...
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For a Christian Theology of Religions
Faced with contemporary religious diversity, how can Christian theology make sense of the place that other religions occupy in God’s design? Michel Younès examines the three traditional ̶...
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Intercultural Theology
Because every theology is culturally situated, Christian theology is inevitably multicultural. Yet one step remains to be taken: to become intercultural. Crossing languages, contexts, origins, ages...
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The grammar of sacred violence: A critical discourse analysis of radical Islamist writings
This article offers a discursive analysis of two contemporary Islamist texts that present violence not as a deviation from religious normativity, but as its necessary, even redemptive expression. I...
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Islam and Muslims. Doctrines, Schools of Thought, and Current Trends
Publication date: April 16, 2026. Islam, as a historical, religious, and civilizational reality, is difficult to define. It can be perceived as a form of political governance, an expression of fait...
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Islam and Fraternity: Impact and Prospects of the Abu Dhabi Declaration
The volume dedicated to the conference “Islam and Fraternity”, held in Abu Dhabi from February 4 to 7, 2024, under the auspices of the PLURIEL network, in partnership with Trends, a research center...
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Dialogue for a More Livable World: Toward an Ethics of Encounter
How can we live in a climate of mistrust, trapped in identity-based withdrawal, and paralyzed by an uncertain future? On what basis can we open new paths to ease suffering—perhaps even reenchant ou...
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Inaugural Lecture for the Chair in Mediterranean Studies, Religions and Societies
Lecture given by Professor Dominique Avon on October 13, 2025, at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI).