Samir Arbache
Professor in theology and history of religions, doctor in philosophy and letters: studies on the Arab world – Catholic University of Lille.
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Religious Alterities and Cultural Alterities: Issues of Debate in Islam
- Samir Arbache
Conference given in Beirut on Tuesday 24 May 2022 during the Pluriel congress on the theme “Islam and Otherness”.
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The authority of the Ulemas, Glory and misery according to Abdel Jawad Yassin
- Samir Arbache
Conference « Religious Authority in Islam », organised by the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions and the Research Unit of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), on 18 and 19 November 2...
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In Islam, why do certain people occupy the center of the scene more than others?
- Yosra Garmi
- Samir Arbache
- Emmanuel Pisani
Elements of answers to a question studied by the research group on the theme “Authority and regulation in Islam” of the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions (CECR, UCLy) The group brings ...
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In Islam, why is it difficult to identify legitimate sources of authority?
- Samir Arbache
- Yosra Garmi
- Emmanuel Pisani
Elements of answers to a question studied by the research group on the subject “Authority and regulation in Islam” of the Center for the study of cultures and religions (CECR, UCLy). wi...
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The birth of the prophet Muhammad : thematic and literary approach to traditional texts
- Samir Arbache
Original title : “La naissance du prophète Muhammad – Approche thématique et littéraire des textes traditionnels” Abstract Our approach of the texts surrounding the birth and chil...
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The use of the word kitab in the Qur’an and in an ancient Arabic version of the Gospels
- Samir Arbache
Original title : “Le terme kitab dans le Coran et dans une ancienne version arabe des Évangiles” According to A. T. Welch, the Koranic term kitab (Scripture) is one of the most difficul...
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Salafist Islam, despotism and modernity according to Abdel-Jawâd Yassine
- Samir Arbache
Original title : “Islam salafiste, despotisme et modernité d’après Abdel-Jawâd Yassine” The societies of the Middle East remain more marked than elsewhere by the omnipresence of t...
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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 ...
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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...
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Canon and Censorship in Islamic Intellectual History
- Amir Dziri
Published in De Gruyter’s series “Islam: Thought, Culture, and Society” (vol. 16, 2026), this collective volume is edited by Mohammad Gharaibeh and Bacem Dziri (Humboldt University of Berlin)...
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Maurice Borrmans (1925-2017), an Islamologist Defending Christian-Muslim Dialogue
- Florence Javel
On 19 February 2026, in the Maurice Borrmans Library of the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) in Rome, Florence Javel, who holds a PhD in theology from the Catholic Univer...
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Landscape and architecture as occasions of contemplation and of interreligious dialogue in the travel narratives of the Sufi ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī
Paper presented at the fifth international congress of the University Platform for Research on Islam (Pluriel), held in Cordoba from 10 to 14 February 2026 on the theme "Ethics and Aesthetics in Is...
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Aesthetics of living together: visualising an Islamic ethics of the other in al-Andalus
Paper presented at the fifth international congress of the University Platform for Research on Islam (Pluriel), held in Cordoba from 10 to 14 February 2026 on the theme "Ethics and Aesthetics in Is...