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The grammar of sacred violence: A critical discourse analysis of radical Islamist writings

• Mohamed-Ali Mostfa

This article offers a discursive analysis of two contemporary Islamist texts that present violence not as a deviation from religious normativity, but as its necessary, even redemptive expression. It examine...

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The Foundations of Arabic Grammatical Theory

Cairo. In a lecture delivered in Arabic on Saturday, January 25, 2025, at the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO) in Cairo, Professor Ramzi Baalbaki, holder of the Chair of Arabic Studies ...

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The term “dahr” (fate) in the Arabic language and its literature

• Paolo Branca

It is obviously not possible to examine the entire Arab literary production: we will therefore start from the many examples of pre-Islamic verses to dwell then over the centuries on the reproposition of the...

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Making religion online: the case of Islam

• Mohamed-Ali Mostfa

Islam in the digital age is becoming an inescapable reality in the lives of believers, thus introducing a new modality in the understanding of Islamic faith. From now on, the sacred text, rituals, tradition...

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From Islamic Reference to Conservative Pragmatism – The Sinuous Paths of the Moroccan JDP Discourse

• Mohamed-Ali Mostfa

“The relationship between the political and religious fields in Morocco is generally based on tactical choices and pragmatic issues, often far from simple ideological orientations. In this context, th...

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Religious Radicalism. The Challenges of an Ill-Defined Concept in Europe

• Mohamed-Ali Mostfa

Ali Mostfa, professor of linguistics and discourse analysis at the Catholic University of Lyon, analyses the semantic shifts about the notion of religious radicalism, particularly since the September 11 att...

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Otherness And Spatial Dimension In The Arabic Language And Culture

• Mohamed-Ali Mostfa

Etymologically, the noun âkhar from the verb âkhara, rather draws the action of postponing, أَخَّرَ العَمَلَ, or temporarily deprogramming an action. al-âkhar on some other hand does not establish a binary ...

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Unity of God and unity in God – a possible perspective and way of dialogue between the believers?

• Vanessa Breidy

A shῑ‘ῑ perspective of dialogue developed by D. Mohammad Ali Shomali. Talking about unity between believers and calling them to act upon it is not new in Islam. The Qur’ān and the early history of Islam esp...

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Religious radicalization. Process of a controversial concept

• Mohamed-Ali Mostfa

Introduction : I would like to seize the opportunity of my first participation to the Mediterranean website to raise the issue of radicalisation as a concept, which has permeated the political and media dis...

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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 called “A Compar...

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Islam and Belonging: Between Break and Continuity

• Mohamed-Ali Mostfa

Lecture by Ali MOSTFA at the Second International Congress of PLURIEL in Rome The experience of a Muslim born in France leads him to synchronize a double look. A look at himself, as a fully French Muslim ci...

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Community and communitarianism: terminological paths and historical fates

• Mohamed-Ali Mostfa

“Community” and “communitarianism” are generally ill-defined terms and can be used in a derogatory way. However, “community” is not synonymous with “communitarianis...