Stefano Allievi
Stefano Allievi is a full professor of sociology at the University of Padua.
He was born in Milan, where he graduated from the Institute of Journalism Studies (IFG) and obtained a degree in political science; he then obtained a doctorate in sociology and social research in Trento.
He specialises in the study of migratory phenomena, the sociology of religions (with particular attention to the presence of Islam in Europe), and studies of cultural and political change: subjects on which he has conducted research at national and international level, published in various languages. European languages, Arabic and Turkish. He also carries out an intense activity of dissemination, as a lecturer, columnist, author and translator.
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European Islam and the Italian Case: Tendencies and Specificities
- Stefano Allievi
Abstract Published under the original title “European Islam and the Italian case. Tendencies and specificities” in Contemporary Islam (Springer, November 2025, open access), this articl...
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Is Islam in Europe becoming the Islam of Europe?
- Stefano Allievi
First International Congress of the University Platform for Research on Islam in Europe and Lebanon (PLURIEL), Lyon, 2016: societal axis Speaker: Stefano Allievi, Professor of Sociology, Director o...
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Producing Islamic Knowledge: Transmission and Dissemination in Western Europe
- Stefano Allievi
How do Muslims in Europe acquire discursive and practical knowledge of Islam? How are conceptions of Islamic beliefs, values and practices transmitted and how do they change? Who are the authoritie...
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Understanding Salafism
- Mohamed-Ali Adraoui
Published in 2022 by Palgrave Macmillan (Springer) in the series The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, this book by Mohamed-Ali Adraoui, professor at Sorbonne Par...
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Experiencing a Mosque Through Photography: Islam As an Ordinary Religion
- Guillaume Chatagny
Abstract Published in 2021 in Visual Ethnography (vol. 10, no. 2) under the title "Experiencing a Mosque Through Photography: Islam As an Ordinary Religion", this article by Guillaume Chatagny, ...
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Islam Seen through the Work of Aziz al-Azmeh
- Wasim Salman
Abstract Published in Arabic in issue 50 (2024) of Islamochristiana (PISAI, released in April 2025), this essay by Wasim Salman, president of PISAI and director of the journal, examines the rela...
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European Islam and the Italian Case: Tendencies and Specificities
- Stefano Allievi
Abstract Published under the original title "European Islam and the Italian case. Tendencies and specificities" in Contemporary Islam (Springer, November 2025, open access), this article by Stef...
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Ḥaydar Ibrāhīm ʿAlī, a Thinker on Multiple Fronts
- Guy-Raymond Sarkis
Abstract Ḥaydar Ibrāhīm ʿAlī, a Sudanese sociologist of religion, is a committed intellectual whose writings both arise from and respond to the challenges of his society. He calls for a liberati...
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Two Seas, One Course: The 2026 Jesuit Migrant Service Report on Spain’s Southern Border
- Josep Buades
The annual report of the Jesuit Migrant Service (SJM), the social apostolate body of the Society of Jesus in Spain, written by Josep (Pep) Buades Fuster, examines the migratory dynamics of Spain’s ...
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Photographing Ordinary Islam
- Guillaume Chatagny
What does Islam concretely look like within a Muslim association? This is the question addressed by sociologist Guillaume Chatagny in this book, based on fieldwork conducted between 2017 and 2021 w...
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Islam and Muslims. Doctrines, Schools of Thought, and Current Trends
- Michel Younès
Publication date: April 16, 2026. Islam, as a historical, religious, and civilizational reality, is difficult to define. It can be perceived as a form of political governance, an expression of fait...