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Jamel Khermimoun

Jamel Khermimoun is a geographer and holds a PhD from the University of Paris-Sorbonne. He has a degree in Political, Cultural and Historical Geography and is a member of the Expert Advisory Group of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology (Yale School of the Environment, Yale University). He is the author of Politiques urbaines et image du territoire (L’Harmattan, 2008), Français et musulman (L’Œuvre, 2011), Ethique et environnement (L’Harmattan, 2016), L’environnement et l’islam (Albouraq, 2018), Islam in Modern Societies (Westbow Press, 2018) and L’essentiel sur l’islam (Albouraq, 2022). His research focuses on the relationship and interaction between identity, culture and spirituality in Europe and in modern societies. In parallel, he is interested in environmental and sustainable development issues and their spatial, societal and ethical dimensions. He is a member of the editorial board of The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society and a reviewer for The New Directions in the Humanities Journal Collection. He is a member of the research committees of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and the research networks “Religion in Society”, “On Sustainability” and “Interdisciplinary Social Sciences” (University of Illinois).

Latest article, published in The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society : Environmental Crisis, Concept of Sustainable Development, Islamic Values, and a Global Alternative.

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The Mihna. Deconstruction and reconsideration of the Mu’tazilite role in the “Inquisition

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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 theologia...

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  • SÁNCHEZ-NOGALES Jose Luis

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 Europ...

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Azharis, Representations of Christianity, and the Vagaries of Islamic-Christian Dialogue (1930s-2020s)

  • Dominique Avon

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 colo...

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  • Adnane Mokrani
  • Laurent Basanese
  • Valentino Cottini

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  • Diego Sarrió Cucarella

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Medieval Muslim Polemics against the Christian Creed : The Critique of ṢĀLIḤ B. AL-ḤUSAYN AL-ǦA‘FARĪ (D. 668/1270)

  • Diego Sarrió Cucarella

Abstract After introducing Ṣāliḥ b. al-Ḥusayn al-Ǧa‘farī (d. 668/1270), the Egyptian Muslim author of an important work of anti-Christian polemic entitled Taḫǧīl man ḥarrafa al-Tawrāh wa-l-Inǧīl...

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The historical debate on secularisation between F. Antun and M. Abduh.

  • Marco Demichelis

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  • Diego Sarrió Cucarella

Summary : This article provides an introduction to the Letter of al-Qūṭī, a short anti-Islamic polemic in Arabic purportedly written by an unknown priest active in Toledo in the mid-1...