Paolo Gonzaga
Born in 1970 in Italy, Paolo Gonzaga teaches Arabic language and translation at the university institute for the training of linguistic mediators SSML PM Loira – Umanitaria, in Milan. A graduate in Arabic language and literature from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, he previously taught at several academic and cultural institutions, including the master’s programme of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan and the Cardinal Giovanni Colombo Foundation.
A translator from Arabic into Italian, he has notably translated the Tafsir al-Jalalayn, one of the major Quranic commentaries (second half of the 15th century), and edited and translated from English a series of books on the evolution of Islamic thought. His research focuses on political Islam and jihadist Salafism.
He is the author of Islam e democrazia. I Fratelli Musulmani in Egitto (2011) and Islam in movimento. Tra riformismo e jihadismo (Ananke Edizioni, 2018), and has written for the journals Annali di Scienze Religiose (2020, 2022) and Arabesque. Semestrale di letteratura e arti dal mondo arabo (2021, 2022).
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Islamic Perceptions of the Pandemic: Between Divine Decree and Political Plot
- Paolo Gonzaga
Article by Paolo Gonzaga published in English under the title Islamic Perceptions of the Pandemic: Between Divine Decree and Political Plot in the journal Annali di Scienze Religiose (vol. 15, 2022...
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Political Islam: from Reformism to Jihadism
- Paolo Gonzaga
Article by Paolo Gonzaga published under the title Political Islam: from Reformism to Jihadism in the journal Annali di Scienze Religiose (vol. 13, 2020), within the monographic section “Religious ...
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Catholics and Muslims for the environment
- Paolo Gonzaga
Original title : “Cattolici e musulmani in difesa dell’ambiente” In the encyclical Laudato si, Pope Francis addresses the greatest challenges facing humanity in astonishing harmony with...
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Egypt: the Muslim Brotherhood at a Croassroad
- Paolo Gonzaga
Introduction This is certainly not the first time the Brotherhood has had to reinvent itself. A first re-founding of the Muslim Brotherhood took place after the death of its charismatic founder, Ha...
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Islam in Movement. Between Reformism and Jihadism
- Paolo Gonzaga
Published as Islam in movimento. Tra riformismo e jihadismo (Ananke Lab, 2018), this book by Paolo Gonzaga explores the contemporary currents of political Islam. Egypt’s centrality in the developme...
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Exegesis of the Qur’an. Tafsir al-Jalalayn
- Paolo Gonzaga
Translated and introduced by Paolo Gonzaga (Istituto Italiano di Studi Islamici, Milan, 2016), this work is the first complete Italian translation of the Tafsir al-Jalalayn, one of the most widely ...
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Islam and Democracy. The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
- Paolo Gonzaga
Published as Islam e democrazia. I Fratelli Musulmani in Egitto (Ananke, Turin, 2011), with a preface by Franco Cardini, this book by Paolo Gonzaga traces the history of the Muslim Brotherhood in E...
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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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Islamic Visions of Jesus: Revelation, Prophecy, and Eschatology
- Antonio Cuciniello
Abstract Published in the collective volume Jerusalem in Memory and Eschatology: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Visions of the Past and Future of Jerusalem, edited by Emma O'Donnell Polyakov (Blo...
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The First Council of Nicaea (325) and the Christian-Muslim Dialogue on God’s Unity and Trinity
- Dirk Ansorge
Abstract Published under the original title "Das erste Konzil von Nizäa (325) und der christlich-muslimische Dialog über Gottes Einheit und Dreifaltigkeit" in issue 2/2025 of CIBEDO-Beiträge, th...
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Religious Freedom in Italy. An Unfinished Path (1848-2024)
- Alessandro Ferrari
Published under the original title La libertà religiosa in Italia. Un percorso incompiuto (1848-2024), this synthesis by Alessandro Ferrari, professor of ecclesiastical law and comparative religiou...
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The Recognition of a Hummingbird. Essays on Interreligious Dialogue and Missionary Work (2007-2025)
- Rémi Caucanas
Published in May 2026 by PISAI (Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Rome), this collection brings together the essays of Rémi Caucanas on interreligious dialogue and missionary wor...
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From Lavigerie to PISAI: The Institutional History of the Missionaries of Africa’s Engagement with Islam
Delivered on 21 May 2026 at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) in Rome, this lecture opens the series of conferences marking the institute's centenary (1926-2026). Fr. ...
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Maurice Borrmans and the Crisis of Christian-Muslim Dialogue. Islamic studies in Question?
- Florence Javel
In 2025-2026, we mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council and of the declaration Nostra aetate (28 October 1965). One century earlier, in October 1925, Maurice Borrmans was born ...