Khalid El Khadiri
Ecole pratique des hautes études Ecole pratique des hautes étudesFrance

Khalid El Khadiri

PhD candidate Independant

Khalid El Khadiri is a PhD candidate in the history and sociology of religions and cultural history at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE, PSL University), within the Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités (GSRL, UMR 8582, CNRS / EPHE-PSL).

Holder of a master’s degree in the sciences of religions and societies from Lumière Lyon 2 University (2021), with a dissertation on Christian-Muslim dialogue in Lyon since Vatican II, he is preparing a doctoral thesis entitled “The Reception of Ǧalāl al-Dīn Rūmī’s Work in France: Cultural Mediations, Symbolic Transfers and the Recomposition of Belief”, under the supervision of Alberto Fabio Ambrosio, o.p., and Fatiha Kaoues.

His research focuses on the contemporary reception of Muslim mysticism, and of Rūmī’s work in particular, in a secularised society: the sociology of spiritualities, the individualisation of belief, spiritual hybridisation, and the uses of Sufism in contemporary France, drawing on a survey based on biographical interviews. He also chairs the association “Entre connaissances”, devoted to inter-spiritual and intercultural dialogue. He contributed to the drafting of the syntheses of the fifth Pluriel Congress in Córdoba (2026).

Disciplines

History Sociology

Topics

Sufism

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Understanding Salafism

  • Mohamed-Ali Adraoui

Published in 2022 by Palgrave Macmillan (Springer) in the series The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, this book by Mohamed-Ali Adraoui, professor at Sorbonne Par...

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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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European Islam and the Italian Case: Tendencies and Specificities

  • Stefano Allievi

Abstract Published under the original title "European Islam and the Italian case. Tendencies and specificities" in Contemporary Islam (Springer, November 2025, open access), this article by Stef...

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Ḥaydar Ibrāhīm ʿAlī, a Thinker on Multiple Fronts

  • Guy-Raymond Sarkis

Abstract Ḥaydar Ibrāhīm ʿAlī, a Sudanese sociologist of religion, is a committed intellectual whose writings both arise from and respond to the challenges of his society. He calls for a liberati...

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Two Seas, One Course: The 2026 Jesuit Migrant Service Report on Spain’s Southern Border

  • Josep Buades

The annual report of the Jesuit Migrant Service (SJM), the social apostolate body of the Society of Jesus in Spain, written by Josep (Pep) Buades Fuster, examines the migratory dynamics of Spain’s ...

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Photographing Ordinary Islam

  • Guillaume Chatagny

What does Islam concretely look like within a Muslim association? This is the question addressed by sociologist Guillaume Chatagny in this book, based on fieldwork conducted between 2017 and 2021 w...

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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...