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Leïla Tauil

Leïla Tauil is a lecturer at the University of Geneva and a member of the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World at UCLouvain. She holds a doctorate in the history of religions, and her research focuses on the foundational period of Islam, the historical development of Islamic law, the status of Muslim women, Islamic and secular Arab feminisms, and intercultural dialogue based on the work of Mohammed Arkoun.

She is the author of several books, including “Arab Feminisms: A Century of Struggle. The Cases of Morocco and Tunisia” (2018) and “Women in the Discourses of the Muslim Brotherhood, Salafists, and Islamic Feminists” (2020). She has also published numerous academic and general-interest articles, given lectures, and participated in radio programs on the topics of Islam, women, and feminisms in the Arab world.

Leïla Tauil actively contributes to debates on Islamic thought, between reform and tradition, and advocates for women’s rights and gender equality in Muslim societies.

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La gestion démocratique du pluralisme religieux et culturel : Que faire ?

  • Antoine Messara

La gestion démocratique du pluralisme religieux et culturel Le Liban en perspective arabe et comparée Collectif - Antoine Messara (dir.) L’ouvrage qui vient de paraître apporte une contributio...

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‘Inimitable’ Koran ?

  • Tobias Specker

Interview with Pr. Tobias Specker, professor of Catholic Theology in the light of Islam at Sankt Georgen Graduate school of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt, Germany, about his book : Gottes Wort...

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

  • Marco Demichelis

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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El islam en Europa occidental. Panorama socio-histórico y modelos de “integración”

  • 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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A comparative approach to the concepts of the common good and “maslaha”

  • Gonzalo Villagrán

Conference of Gonzalo VILLAGRAN, at the Second International Congress of PLURIEL in ROME Abstract Recently, Afifi Al-Akiti and Joshua Horden proposed the development of a new field of study cal...

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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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Proche Orient Chrétien N°67 – Al Azhar Declaration (2017)

  • Thom Sicking

Tome 67 de la revue fondée par les Pères blancs en 1965 et éditée depuis 2005 par l’Université Saint Joseph de Beyrouth. Il est possible de lire en ligne les éléments suivants en cliquant sur...

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New researches on the Qur’an and the origins of islam (French)

  • Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi

Speaker : Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi Moderator : P. Diego Sarrió Cucarella Introduction : P. Laurent Basanese S.J. Conference organized by the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome, 28 Feb...