Giulia Mezzetti

Giulia Mezzetti is a researcher in sociology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Milan) and has collaborated with the ISMU Foundation since 2014, where she takes part in international research and in monitoring, evaluation and capacity-building projects. Her work focuses on Islam in Europe, the integration and activism of Muslims (particularly of the second generation), and processes of radicalisation.

She holds a PhD in Sociology from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (2019). She also holds a master’s degree in international affairs from Sciences Po Paris and an honours degree in political philosophy from the University of Milan. She previously worked at UNESCO (Paris) and at the Centro Studi Politeia, conducting research on corporate social responsibility, migration and global justice.

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Islam in Europe or European Islam?

In this conference given on January 30, 2025, at PISAI (Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies) in Rome, political scientist Olivier Roy offers an in-depth analysis of the Muslim prese...

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The Abu Dhabi Document: A Potential Cornerstone for Islamic-Christian Dialogue in Italian Educational Contexts

  • Antonio Cuciniello

In Italy, the migratory phenomenon has also had an impact on the school system, becoming an interesting potential field for intercultural and inter-religious encounters. As regards, for instance, t...

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Salafist Movements in Europe: Between Local and Transnational Mobilizations

  • Mohamed-Ali Adraoui

In this chapter, the author sheds light on the main sociological features and academic debates on the issue of Salafism in Europe. Through a comparative analysis of different countries, he shows th...

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Strangers with God. A Theology of Hospitality in the Three Abrahamic Religions

  • Claudio Monge

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Invertebrate Islam in Catalonia: a problematic anchor

  • José Luis Llaquet de Entrambasaguas

Original title : Invertebrate Islam in Catalonia: a problematic anchor Abstract In this paper I study the presence of Islam in the history and present of Catalonia, fundamentally analyzing it...

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Islamic violence: immigration, radicalism, dialogue between civilizations

  • Mohamed-Ali Mostfa

Ali MOSTFA is interviewed during the Conference "The Narrative of Islamic Violence in History. Creation, Artifice and Reality" at the University of Navarra in december 2018.

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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...

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Being a Muslim in a Jesuit college

  • Gonzalo Villagrán

Original title : "Ser musulmán en un colegio jesuita" Paper by Lea FIEDLER, under the direction of Gonzalo VILLAGRÁN Abstract This article presents the process and the results of an invest...