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Olga Torres

Dr. Torres Díaz is an Arabist and Islamologist. She holds a MA in International Relations and a postgraduate degree in Analysis of Jihadist Terrorism, Insurgency and Radical Movements. Her major research interests focus on classical Islamic political thought and its traces on contemporary Islamic fundamentalist movements, West African Islam, and gender issues. Since 2014, she is a lecturer in Contemporary Arab World and a member of research groups at the University of Seville (Spain). From 2015 to 2018, Dr. Torres Díaz has been a visiting lecturer at the Army War College, Spanish Ministry of Defence. In 2015, she has been a Visiting Lecturer at NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Spain Headquarters (HQ NRDC-ESP).

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Facultad de Teologia de la Universidad Loyola - Spain

Islam and society in contemporary Spain (Granada)

Because the presence of Muslim communities in Spain is relatively recent, and because there is not a long tradition of theological study of Islam, we want to start our dialogue with the Islamic tradition by understanding the characteristics of Islam of Spain and the way it interacts with the rest of the Spanish society. Our […]

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