
03/06/26
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« 45 Minutes with Lamya Kaddor »: a ZeKK Live Conversation
The Zentrum für Komparative Theologie und Kulturwissenschaften (ZeKK) at the University of Paderborn welcomes Islamic studies scholar and Member of the German Bundestag Lamya Kaddor as part of its online co...
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Special issue “Islam and Interreligious Dialogue” in Laval théologique et philosophique
The journal Laval théologique et philosophique has just released, in its volume 82, issue 1 (2026), a special issue devoted to Islam and interreligious dialogue, coordinated by Guy-Raymond Sarkis (Saint Jos...
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“The word of God and the language of men” rewarded
P. Tobias SPECKER S.J., holder of the chair of Catholic theology in the light of Islam at the Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy and Theology “Sankt Georgen” in Frankfurt, is the first winner of the &...
Mehdi Azaiez
Professeur d’islamologie à l’Université catholique de Louvain
Valentino Cottini
Professor of Bible and Koran at PISAI, Director of the journal Islamochristiana
Marco Demichelis
Researcher in Islamic studies and history of the Middle East
Elizaveta Dorogova
Research assistant at the Islamic Theological Seminary of the University of Paderborn.
Mohammad Haghani Fazl
Postdoctoral fellow at the Islamic Theological Seminary of the University of Paderborn.
Zishan Ahmad Ghaffar
Professor of Quranic exegesis
Geneviève Gobillot
Professor Emeritus, Specialisation in Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Lyon 3, Jean Moulin
Timo Güzelmansur
Professor of muslim-christian dialogue
Mouhanad Khorchide
University Professor for Islamic Religious Education
Romain Louge
Doctorant en théologie à l’Université Catholique de Lyon
Adnane Mokrani
Professeur agrégé à l’Université pontificale grégorienne (Rome), chercheur membre de la Fondation Jean XXIII pour les études religieuses (FSCIRE)
Cédomir Nestorovic
Professor of Geopolitics and Islamic Business at ESSEC Business School, Singapore
Emmanuel Pisani
Directeur de l’Institut dominicain d’études orientales (IDEO, Le Caire)
Nadia Saad
Research assistant at the Islamic Theological Seminary of the University of Paderborn.
Raja Sakrani
Jurist and Reserach coordinator
Youssouf Sangare
Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Civilization and the Arab World, University of Clermont Auvergne
Piotr Sękowski
Chercheur en études arabes et islamiques à l’Institut pontifical d’études arabes et d’islamologie (PISAI) de Rome
Tobias Specker
Professeur adjoint pour la “Théologie catholique à la lumière de l’Islam” à Francfort
Muna Tatari
Professor for Islamic Theology
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For a dialogical theological fraternity: a rereading of the Document on Human Fraternity in light of the earliest Arabic theological writings
From the 8th century onwards, the first theological writings were composed in Arabic, either in Christian communities or in Muslim communities. This communication aims, through the study of these early Chri...
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Islam and the question of honor: the Quranic point of view and Ghazali’s reflection
Honor is a theme of reflection present in Islam, both in its sources and in its “legal”, moral, and spiritual reflection. The Quran operates a moral and religious revolution by making man’...
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The term “dahr” (fate) in the Arabic language and its literature
It is obviously not possible to examine the entire Arab literary production: we will therefore start from the many examples of pre-Islamic verses to dwell then over the centuries on the reproposition of the...
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Islamochristiana Journal 49 (2024): “Maurice Borrmans and Mohamed Talbi: From Friendship to Rupture”
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From the Declaration “Nostra Aetate” to the Document of Abu Dhabi: Reexamining a Historical and Theological Trajectory in the Catholic Approach to Islamic-Christian Dialogue
Jean Jacques Pérennès, former director of the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, proposes a re-examination of the Catholic approach to Islamic-Christian dialogue, from the Nostra Aetate...
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Azharis, Representations of Christianity, and the Vagaries of Islamic-Christian Dialogue (1930s-2020s)
Dominique Avon, Director of Studies at the École pratique des hautes études, traces the evolution of the discourse of the ulama of al-Azhar on Christianity since the 1930s. Confronted with the colonial Euro...
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Dār al-islām and dār al-ḥarb in contemporary Muslim thought
The purpose of the proposed paper is to question the division of the world into dār al-islām (land of Islam) and dār al-ḥarb (land of war), which is a classification introduced by Muslim jurisconsults in th...
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Unity of God and unity in God – a possible perspective and way of dialogue between the believers?
A shῑ‘ῑ perspective of dialogue developed by D. Mohammad Ali Shomali. Talking about unity between believers and calling them to act upon it is not new in Islam. The Qur’ān and the early history of Islam esp...
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Jalāl Al-Dīn Al-Suyūṭī: An Historical Contextualization Between Life and Works
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyuṭī (1445-1505), as a religious scholar of the Egyptian Mamluk era, one of the most prominent scholars of the pre-modern Islamic world, is the most prolific author in all of Islamic l...
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Islamic Hermeneutics of Nonviolence: Key Concepts and Methodological Steps
The article traces the key concepts and methodological steps that make an Islamic theology of nonviolence plausible. It offers the tools for a critical reading of classical texts, “sacred” history, and glob...
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Authority according to the Qur’an and the authority of the Qur’an: from model to realisation
Conference « Religious Authority in Islam », organised by the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions and the Research Unit of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), on 18 and 19 November 2021. . Vi...
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Al-Tirmidhî and mystical mediation
Lecture given on 14 October 2021 at the Catholic University of Lyon during the conference « Radicalisation leading to violence in the name of Islam, Epistemological, methodological and ethical approaches an...
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Master’s Degree Programme in Islamic Religious Education
The Master’s Degree Programme in Islamic Religious Education offers a thorough education in Islamic theology and teaching religious education. Graduates are qualified for work in the field of education and ...
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Bachelor’s Programme Islamic Religious Education
The Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Islamic Religious Education offers basic education in Islamic theology and teaching religious education. Graduates of this programme are well versed in applying research r...
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Study program “Islam and Christian-Muslim Encounters”
The Sankt Georgen University of Applied Sciences offers students of Catholic theology and philosophy as well as guest and second students an introduction to Islam with a view to Christian-Muslim encounters....
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Doctorate in Arabic and Islamic Studies
The Doctorate requires a minimum of three years to complete. Applicants must hold a Licentiate in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the rank of Summa cum Laude or an equivalent qualification. Admission is gover...
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Master’s degree in culture and society, ‘Theologies in Dialogue’
It is already possible to study Islamic theology at the University of Paderborn as part of the two-subject bachelor’s degree “Comparative Theology of Religions”. The Master’s courses offered by the Un...
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Licenciate in Arabic Studies and Islamic Studies
The conviction which motivates PISAI is that the Christian task to meet face to face with Muslims should be based not solely on subjective good will but also on an objective, scientifically grounded knowled...
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Certificate in Shia Theology
The Certificate in Shi’a Theology is obtained by attending four courses on topics of the Shi’a faith as well as a final thesis, which deals with Shi’a positions in a comparative manner. Th...
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Bachelor in Islamic-Christian Studies
Given the growing importance of interfaith dialogue as an entry point for achieving peace and promoting the values of coexistence in many societies, particularly in Lebanon and the Arab world, the Institute...