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Recruitment: Associate Professor Position in Modern and Contemporary Islamic Political and Religious Thought at ENS Lyon
The École Normale Supérieure de Lyon is opening a position for an Associate Professor (M/F) specialized in “Political and Religious Thought in Modern and Contemporary Islam” as part of its 2025 ...
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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 ...
to 18/11/21 to 19/11/21
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Conference / Religious authority in Islam
Conference organised by the Centre d’études des cultures et des religions (UCLy, Lyon) on 18 and 19 November 2021 Presentation Being a repository of authority or being recognised as a place of authori...
Mohamed-Ali Adraoui
Docteur en science politique, spécialiste du salafisme, du jihadisme et de l’islamisme contemporains
Mohamed Gamal Ali
Research Assistant in Human Rights and Political Science. PhD Student in Political Science at Cairo University.
Juan Macias Amoretti
Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies
Rachad Antonius
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Université du Québec à Montréal
Alam Anwar
Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Youssef Boutahar
Professor of English and Cultural Studies
Amina Drhimeur
Doctorante en science politique à Sciences Po Lyon
Julien Fragnon
Associate researcher at the research unit Triangle UMR 5206 and teacher at the Institute of Political Science in Lyon
Giovanni Giacalone
Professor of islam in the Balkans and Caucasus
Alberto Priego Moreno
Associate Professor
Abderrahim El Omari
Professor of Islam, Democracy and Civil Society – Hassan I University, Settat.
Mohamed Ourya
Chargé de cours à l’École de Politique Appliquée de l’Université de Sherbrooke.
Wael Saleh
Professeur associé à l’Institut d’études internationales de Montréal (IEIM), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).
Haoues Seniguer
Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Science Po Lyon
Olga Torres
Researcher in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Vice-Rector for Research, University of Seville
Stéphane Valter
Professor
Lucciano Zaccara
Assistant Professor Qatar University, Center for Gulf Studies
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The Mihna. Deconstruction and reconsideration of the Mu’tazilite role in the “Inquisition
Abstract The Miḥna has usually been attributed to the Mu‘tazilite theological school as expression of something unusual, a bid‘ah (Islamic innovation) related to a rationalist group of theologians that trie...
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Political and Religious Fields in Morocco. Issues and stakes of power and authority
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. Vide...
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Controversy over the perception and status of the other (wala and bara)
Lecture by Emmanuel PISANI, during the Second International Congress of PLURIEL in Rome The concepts of wala and bara [loyalty/friendship – disloyalty/enmity] have led to the development of a theological do...
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The “jinsiyya” obsession and the Muwatana veil: the constitutional politics of citizenship in the 21st century
Conference of Gianluca PAROLIN the Second PLURIEL International Congress in Rome. Nation-states have added a further level of complexity to the multiple dimensions of belonging: that of (national) citizensh...
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Belonging to the ummah: contemporary issues, ambiguities and challenges
Lecture of Ghaleb BENCHEIKH, Chairman of the World Conference of Religions for Peace and president of the Fondation de l’islam de France Lecture given at the second international Congress of PLURIEL, ...
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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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Egypt: the Muslim Brotherhood at a Croassroad
Introduction This is certainly not the first time the Brotherhood has had to reinvent itself. A first re-founding of the Muslim Brotherhood took place after the death of its charismatic founder, Hasan Al Ba...
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From Islamic Reference to Conservative Pragmatism. The Sinuous Political Discourse of the Moroccan Party of Justice and Development
Online conference organised by Trends Research and Advisory, on the theme The Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab World: Signs of Decline and Strategies to Survive. The lecture of Ali Mostfa starts by 16″1...
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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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The representation of non-Islamist Muslims in Sunni Islamist discourse
Full lecture title : ‘The representation of non-Islamist Muslims in Sunni Islamist discourse: an intra-religious otherness?’ In what ways do non-Brother Muslims (especially secular, liberal and ...
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Islamic Populism: A Non-Western Response to Globalization
Original title : “El populismo islámico: una respuesta no occidental a la globalización” Abstract Globalisation’s excesses, the Muslim world’s hybrid regimes and the lack of credibility of pan-A...
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Islamism, a “fundamentalism” in Islam
Often these terms are used by writers with little precision. In journalistic literature they are sometimes used with notable confusion, making them interchangeable. However, each of these terms has its hist...