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Christian–Muslim Dialogue in Focus: symposium of the Higher Education for Social Transformation research group in Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria. From October 29–31, 2024, the Faculty of Theology at the University of Innsbruck hosted the Kircher Network’s Higher Education for Social Transformation (HEST) workshop on Christia...
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Amir Dziri: “Over the past decade, the Swiss Center for Islam and Society has strengthened its academic standing”
Fribourg, Switzerland. To mark the Swiss Center for Islam and Society’s tenth anniversary, its co-director Amir Dziri gave an interview to Pluriel.
07/05/25
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Webinar. An Anglican Perspective on Interfaith Marriages in England
As part of the Kircher Online Lectures, a public webinar will be held on Tuesday, May 7th at 4 PM (Central European Time). Entitled “Intimate Diversity: An Anglican perspective on interfaith marriage ...
to 24/06/25 to 26/06/25
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International Conference “Muslim Chaplaincy. Practice, Research and Recognition”
Switzerland. The Swiss Centre for Islam and Society is organizing an international conference titled “Muslim Chaplaincy: Practices, Research and Recognition” from June 24-26, 2025, at the Univer...
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“Mediterranean, Religions and Societies”: a pioneering chair to bring the two shores of the Mediterranean closer together
Rome – For the first time in its history, the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) is pleased to welcome a university chair entitled “Mediterranean, Religions and Societie...
17/10/24
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Montreal: “Books in Christian and Muslim Religious Bookstores between Lyon and Montreal: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study of the Offer”
As part of the Jacques Cartier Dialogues 2024 at the University of Montreal, several researchers who are members of Pluriel will participate in a study day on October 17, 2024, focusing on books in Christia...
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Conference “Islam, Authoritarianism and Underdevelopment” in Paris with Ahmed T. Kuru
Presentation and discussion with Ahmed T. Kuru on the occasion of the French translation of his book Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment (Fenêtres editions, 2024), on October 9, 2024, at 6 PM, at ...
13/09/22
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Muslim spiritual guidance in the interfaith and secular context
Conference organised by the Swiss Center for Islam & Society Muslim chaplaincy in public institutions in Switzerland was born in response to a concrete need. On the one hand, it is situated at the thres...
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‘Islamophobia’ in Spain ?
The Bridge Initiative is a project led by Georgetown University that focuses on the problem of ‘Islamophobia’ in the world. Its ‘Islamophobia Resource Center’ (IRC) is a tool for academics and researchers, ...
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[Postponed] IFCU Symposium / Preparing for the COVID-19 World
Postponed to an unspecified date Symposium organized by the International federation of catholic Universities.–> Postponed to an unspecified date. The covid 19 pandemic has been a major crisis of w...
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Switzerland / Launch of the project “Muslim organisations as social actors. 3”
The Swiss Centre for Islam and Society, an inter-faculty research and training centre at the University of Fribourg, is launching the third phase of its “OMAS” project under the direction of Pro...
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The videos of the webinar ‘Islam and Otherness – Focus Lebanon’ are available
The opening webinar of the 3rd international congress of the PLURIEL network was held on 13 April 2021 on the theme “Islam and Otherness with a focus on the Lebanese experience. The replay has been or...
to 14/04/21 to 26/05/21
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Webinars on the prevention of religious radicalisation
The Research Centre “Religions, Rights and Economy in the Mediterranean Area” (REDESM), based at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria in cooperation with the PriMED project to prevent ...
13/04/21
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Webinar ‘Islam & Otherness – Focus Lebanon’ April 13th, 2021
To open the 3rd International Congress of PLURIEL, which will exceptionally extend over two years, we are offering a one-afternoon webinar on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The jurist Raja...
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Launch of a website about Islam in Switzerland
In conclusion of the project “Muslim organizations as social actors”(OMAS), the Swiss Center for Islam and Society (CSIS, University of Friborg) designed the website Islamandsociety.ch. It provides the gene...
to 06/11/20 to 07/11/20
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Conference ‘Islam in school’
Conference oragnized by the by the Swiss Center for Islam and Society at the University of Fribourg.
09/10/19
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Religious Traditions in the Face of the Crisis of Liberal System. The Case of Islam. (Milano, October 9th, 2019)
Conference organized by the department of religious science of Università Cattolica di Milano
Islamic-theological studies with a focus on “Islam and society” (Fribourg)
The Swiss Centre “Islam and Society” runs a doctoral programme “Islam and Society: Islamic-theological studies” designed to study specific, multidisciplinary themes and to support do...
Theological perception of the other and cross-views in a plural religious context (Beirut)
Comparative study of university curricula on religious pluralism and dialogue in Lebanon
Epistemological and methodological issues in studies on violence in the name of Islam (Montreal)
This group aims to provide food for thought on the following questions: Are the available conceptual and epistemological methods and tools adequate enough to decipher the specific and complex discourses, pr...
Dynamics of Islamic radicalization in Europe: prevention and educational policies (Closed)
Since the “Arab Springs” breakout in 2011, Islamist radicalization in Europe progressively grew as ISIS spread violence and chaos in Iraq, Syria and Libya. The so-called “Islamic State” brought a new vision...
Islam and society in contemporary Spain (Granada)
Because the presence of Muslim communities in Spain is relatively recent, and because there is not a long tradition of theological study of Islam, we want to start our dialogue with the Islamic tradition by...
Stefano Allievi
Professor of Sociology and Social Pluralism and Cultural Conflict, University of Padua
Jean-Claude Angoula
Director of the St. Augustine College of Dakar, Senegal, Institute of Philosophy and Theology
Rachad Antonius
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Université du Québec à Montréal
Janusz Balicki
Professor of cultural Integration of Muslim Immigrants in EU – Card. Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw
Cédric Baylocq
Anthropologue, Chercheur associé à l’Institut de Science et Théologie des Religions, Institut catholique de Paris
Houssame Bentabet
Docteur en sociologie et islamologue, chercheur
Baptiste Brodard
Lecturer-researcher in Islamic Studies at Aix-Marseille University, France
Bénédicte Du Chaffaut
Chercheur au Centre d’Études des Cultures et des Religions de l’Université catholique de Lyon
Guillaume Chatagny
Giovanni Giacalone
Professor of islam in the Balkans and Caucasus
Renee Hattar
Mouhanad Khorchide
University Professor for Islamic Religious Education
Roula Abi Habib Khoury
Director of the Centre for the Study of the Modern Arab World (CEMAM, USJ)
Sarah Marusek
Research fellow in international relations
Giulia Mezzetti
Researcher at the ISMU Foundation’s Religions Department
Eider Muniategi-Azkona
Professor of Social and Political Sciences
Marta González García de Paredes
Lecturer on the Middle East at Loyola University, Seville
Mallory Schneuwly Purdie
Researcher in sociology of Muslim practices
Hamadi Redissi
Tunisian academic, Islamologist and political scientist. Professor of political science at the University of Tunis.
Mariana Rosca
Candidate in the PhD program ‘Human Rights: Ethical, Social and Political Challenges’, University of Deusto, Bilbao
Thom Sicking
Director of the Centre for the Study and Interpretation of Religious Fact (CEDIFR)
Roula Talhouk
Directrice de l’Institut d’études islamo-chrétiennes, Université Saint Joseph de Beyrouth. Professeur en théologie et anthropologie religieuse.
Noemi Trucco
Anja Zalta
Associate Professor, Sociology Department, Faculty of Art, University of Ljubljana
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El islam en Europa occidental. Panorama socio-histórico y modelos de “integración”
Summary This article starts unfolding a brief outline of the history of the relations between Islam and Europe from four geographical view points and four ages: Spain (VIII century), Central Europe (XIV c.)...
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The document on human fraternity: a new horizon for Islamic-Christian dialogue? (Italian)
Lecturers : Adnane Mokrani, P. Laurent Basanese S.J. Moderator: Valentino Cottini Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, April 8th, 2019 This conference marks the launch of the research group co-dire...
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The secular movement in Lebanon 2006-2019
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From Apology to Dialogue with Others in Shia Islamic Studies: The Case of Muhammad Jawad al-Balaghi
First International Congress of the University Platform for Research on Islam in Europe and Lebanon (PLURIEL): theological axis Speaker: Mohammad Zaraket, teacher at Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon
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Breaking Ramadan in the city centre. The public presentation of a young Muslim association
By Federico Biasca and Guillaume Chatagny “This article presents, describes, and analyses an event for breaking the fast organized in the public sphere by a local association of young Muslims in the F...
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Retrospective: Congress 2018 “Islam and Belonging”
Retrospective on the Second International Congress of PLURIEL that has been held at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Roma, in June 2018, on the theme “Islam and Belonging”. Excerpts of con...
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Muslim Social Action in Europe: Community Engagement, Charitable Contribution, and Religious Activism in France, Switzerland, and Great Britain.
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Islamic religious education in public schools : a study on its implementation, curriculum and social impact on the spanish case
Conference of Jaume FLAQUER at the second international Congress of PLURIEL in Rome The actual implementation of the right to Islamic religious education, despite being formally recognised by the Cooperatio...
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Violence in the Holy Scriptures of Islam and Christianity
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Being a Muslim in a Jesuit college
Original title : “Ser musulmán en un colegio jesuita” Paper by Lea FIEDLER, under the direction of Gonzalo VILLAGRÁN Abstract This article presents the process and the results of an investigatio...
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From Transnational Islamic Movements to Individual Religiosity: the Crisis of Religious Authority in Western European Muslim Communities
Islam has evolved in form over recent decades in Western European countries, where its lack of institutionalization and official representation allow different ideological trends, movements, and religious o...
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Denouncing the manipulations of the religious in geopolitical conflicts
Lecture by Georges Corm, professor at the Institute of Political Science of the Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, given during the first international congress of Pluriel in Lyon.
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University degree “Religion, freedom of religion, secularization (laïcité)”
University degree jointly delivered by the University of Lyon 3 and the Catholic University of Lyon, in partnership with the French Institute of Muslim Civilization and the Conseil Régional du Culte Musulma...
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University degree ‘Religions and Medias’
The role of the media is not only to report the news, but rather to help form and direct public opinion, create issues, communicate and dialogue between individuals, groups and peoples. This training comes ...
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The management of the religious fact in companies and organizations
This training is aimed at managers, in order to enable them to master the legal framework of religion and to adopt a managerial posture adapted to the situations encountered. 2 consecutive days on June 24 a...
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Master in Christian-Muslim relations
In September 2007, the Institute of Islamic-Christian Studies at Saint Joseph University in Beirut opened a “Master in Islamic-Christian Relations” in Arabic. In September 2011, this course is d...
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University Diploma Interculturality, Secularism, Religions
The training “Interculturality, secularity, religions”, created in 2008 within the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of the Institut Catholique de Paris, in partnership with the Central Of...
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Master ‘Islam and Society”
The Swiss Centre for Islam and Society (CSIS) at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Fribourg is offering a Master’s degree course “Islam and Society” as a main subject...