Pluriel

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Michele Brignone

Executive Director of the Oasis Foundation since 2019 and Director of the journal since 2018. In 2008 he obtained the PhD in History, Institutions and International Relations of Extra-European Countries at the University of Pisa. Since 2009 he has been Professor of Arabic Language at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, where he holds a course on Arab-Islamic discourse and political thought. Since 2017, he also teaches at the Master in Middle Eastern Studies at the School of Economics and International Relations (ASERI, Catholic University of Milan).

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Università degli Studi dell’Insubria - Italy

Religioni, Diritti ed Economie nello Spazio Mediterraneo (REDESM) - Italy

Comparative study on religious freedom across the two Mediterranean shores (Como and Varese)

The Research Centre “Religion, Law and Economy in the Mediterranean Area” (“Religioni, Diritti ed Economie nello Spazio Mediterraneo” – REDESM), established within the University of Insubria, aims to foster and develop research, knowledge exchange and education projects related to religious pluralism in the Mediterranean area, with the objective of achieving a better mutual knowledge among different religions, cultures and societies living in this key geopolitical region.

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The Abu Dhabi Document: A Potential Cornerstone for Islamic-Christian Dialogue in Italian Educational Contexts

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Revival and Dynamics of Islamic Studies in Europe

  • Michel Younès
  • Emmanuel Pisani
  • Cédric Baylocq
  • Zohra Aziadé Zemirli
  • Michele Brignone
  • Haoues Seniguer

“In a troubled international context where Islam is sometimes defined as an ideological marker of many conflicts, academic research drawing on history, sociology, and political science has mu...

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Salafist Movements in Europe: Between Local and Transnational Mobilizations

  • Mohamed-Ali Adraoui

In this chapter, the author sheds light on the main sociological features and academic debates on the issue of Salafism in Europe. Through a comparative analysis of different countries, he shows th...

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Cosmopolitanism and minority rights: going beyond the protection of ethnoreligious minorities in the Middle East

  • Hélène Rey

This communication challenges traditional approaches to ethnoreligious diversity in the Middle East, arguing that the focus on "protecting minority rights" is inadequate. It demonstrates how these ...

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  • Gonzalo Villagrán

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Religions put to the test by freedom of expression

  • Michel Younès
  • Mohamed-Ali Mostfa
  • Malek Chaïeb

“In the republican context, freedom of expression involves all the players in society and mobilises a wide range of intellectual resources. What then are the conditions that foster it while r...

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Islam & Otherness. Proceedings of the Pluriel congress in Beirut

  • Mohamed-Ali Mostfa
  • Michel Younès
  • Roula Talhouk

Edited by Michel Younès, Ali Mostfa and Roula Talhouk “In a contemporary context marked by a growing tendency to lock oneself into oppositional logics, reflection on otherness in Islam opens ...