Adnane Mokrani
Senior Research Fellow and member of the Fondazione per le scienze religiose (FSCIRE) at the Giorgio La Pira Library and Research Center on the History and Doctrines of Islam, Palermo. His fields of research are the classical and modern Islamic theologies of religions. He is interested in the Qur’anic studies, in particular the methodological dialogue with biblical studies, such as Semitic rhetorical analysis and narrative analysis.
Aggregate professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome since 2005. Former associate professor at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) in Rome (2009-2020). Member of the Scientific Council for the Promotion of “Charter of Values of Citizenship and Integration”, created by Giuliano Amato at the Italian Ministry of Domestic Affairs (2006-2008).
He holds a license in Islamic theology and comparative religions from the Emir Abdelkader University for Islamic Sciences, in Constantine, Algeria, (1989). He obtained his doctorate in the same discipline from al-Zaytuna University, Faculty of Islamic Theology, Tunis (1997). He received his doctorate in Islamic studies and Muslim-Christian relations from PISAI in 2005. He attended several pontifical universities such as the Pontifical University of S. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) and the Pontifical Lateran University.
Source : Fondazione per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII (FSCIRE)
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The Cross in Rūmī’s Maṯnawī
- Adnane Mokrani
“A cursory reading of Rūmī’s Maṯnawī suggests that the author follows the dominant Qur’ānic interpretation denying Jesus Christ’s Crucifixion. Closer analysis demonstrates, however, that Rūmī...
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Islamic Hermeneutics of Nonviolence: Key Concepts and Methodological Steps
- Adnane Mokrani
The article traces the key concepts and methodological steps that make an Islamic theology of nonviolence plausible. It offers the tools for a critical reading of classical texts, “sacred” history,...
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Christianity and Islam: theologians in dialogue
- Michel Younès
- Adnane Mokrani
- Maurice Borrmans
- Klaus von Stosch
Cahiers de la Revue théologique de Louvain N°45 co-edited by Michel Younès and André Wénin. This book initiates a dialogue between Christian and Muslim theologians on how the former view Islam and ...
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Islam and non-violence: from theory to practice
- Adnane Mokrani
Lecture given at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, on January 10, 2019
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The document on human fraternity: a new horizon for Islamic-Christian dialogue? (Italian)
- Adnane Mokrani
- Laurent Basanese
- Valentino Cottini
Lecturers : Adnane Mokrani, P. Laurent Basanese S.J. Moderator: Valentino Cottini Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, April 8th, 2019 This conference marks the launch of the research grou...
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Training for dialogue
- Adnane Mokrani
Lecture given at the Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) in Rome, 23 January 2015.
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Towards an islamic dialogical and a-controversial theology
- Adnane Mokrani
First International Congress of the University Platform for Research on Islam in Europe and Lebanon (PLURIEL): theological area Speaker: Adnane Mokrani, Associate Professor at the Pontifical Instit...
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The dialogue between the Focolare Movement and Muslims
- Adnane Mokrani
Original title : “Il dialogo del Movimento dei Focolari con i Musulmani” Abstract : Academic meetings and relationships between official representatives of the Christian Churches and of...
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Ashura in sunnite mirrors, confused borders between joy and sadness
- Adnane Mokrani
SUMMARY: This article analyzes the Sunnite views of ‘Āshūrā’ and the assassination/martyrdom of al–Ḥusayn, the grandson of the Prophet Muḥammad. It is not an exhaustive work; it is rather selective...
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Bells and Muezzin in Harmony: Dialogue with Islam as a Spiritual Responsibility
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