Malek Chaïeb

Associate researcher Member of Research groups
Chercheur associé au CECR. Membre du laboratoire de recherche sur l’islam de l’Université Catholique de Lyon depuis 2014. Il s’intéresse aux origines du Coran et à ses liens avec le monde syriaque. Il prépare une thèse dans ce cadre sur l’origine du jeûne coranique, avec en ligne de mire les conséquences pour la théologie chrétienne des religions et le dialogue islamo-chrétien.

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Religious Higher Education in Lebanon: A Comparative Study of Curricula

  • Roula Talhouk
  • Michel Younès

In this article published in the journal Proche-Orient Chrétien 75/1 (2025), Michel Younès and Roula Talhouk, both members of Pluriel’s coordination committee, offer a comparative study of re...

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For a dialogical theological fraternity: a rereading of the Document on Human Fraternity in light of the earliest Arabic theological writings

  • Romain Louge

From the 8th century onwards, the first theological writings were composed in Arabic, either in Christian communities or in Muslim communities. This communication aims, through the study of these e...

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Jesus in Recent Qur’an Translations | The Jesus of the Qur’an vs. the Jesus of the New Testament

  • Gabriel Said Reynolds

In this video, Gabriel Said Reynolds discusses the presentation of Jesus in the Qur'an and how it is interpreted and rendered in English by recent translations of the Qur'an. I show that recent tra...

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Syriac Theology: Past and Present

  • Klaus von Stosch

“This volume takes us back to the roots of Christianity and exemplifies the significance of Syriac Theology for our time. Bringing together articles by scholars from diverse disciplines, this...

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Education And Otherness: What are the Issues in a Context of Diversity?

  • Salim Daccache

In the era of the continuous call for the adoption of citizenship and living together (al Azhar declaration March 2017) and human brotherhood and common coexistence (Abu Dhabi document February 201...

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Otherness and nationalisms, the threat of identity to openness

  • Antoine Fleyfel

This talk addresses the issue of Islam and otherness from the perspective of Christians in the Middle East. At the heart of the multiple constructions of identity since the mid-nineteenth century i...

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The concept of “citizenship” in the Azhari discourse. Problems and contradictions

  • Mohamed Gamal Ali

The concept of "citizenship" in the Al-Azhar discourse, problems and contradictions Al-Azhar Foundation announces on various occasions its full adoption of the concept of “citizenship,” and the ...

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Understanding freedom of religion around the Mediterranean

  • Alessandro Ferrari
  • Amin Elias

How to manage religious plurality? Three researchers from our network look back at the history of the northern, eastern and southern shores of the Mediterranean to understand the diversity of legal...