Michele Brignone

Full professor Member of Research groups

Executive Director of the Oasis Foundation since 2019 and Director of the journal since 2018. In 2008 he obtained the PhD in History, Institutions and International Relations of Extra-European Countries at the University of Pisa. Since 2009 he has been Professor of Arabic Language at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, where he holds a course on Arab-Islamic discourse and political thought. Since 2017, he also teaches at the Master in Middle Eastern Studies at the School of Economics and International Relations (ASERI, Catholic University of Milan).

Research Group

Comparative study on religious freedom across the two Mediterranean shores (Como and Varese)

The Research Centre “Religion, Law and Economy in the Mediterranean Area” (“Religioni, Diritti ed Economie nello Spazio Mediterraneo” – REDESM), established within the University of Insubria, aims to foster and develop research, knowledge exchange and education projects related to religious pluralism in the Mediterranean area, with the objective of achieving a better mutual knowledge among different religions, cultures and societies living in this key geopolitical region. With the interdisciplinary approach that s…

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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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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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Wael Saleh: “Recognising Without Confining, to Better ‘De-other’ the Public Debate”

  • Wael Saleh

In an op-ed published on 20 July 2026 by Le Devoir, Wael Saleh, a member of the scientific committee of Pluriel, puts forward a new concept for contemporary democratic debate: "de-othering" (in Fre...

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The Muslim Brotherhood in International Relations: Roles and Outcomes

  • Wael Saleh

In this book published by TRENDS Research & Advisory (Abu Dhabi, May 2026), Wael Saleh, a member of Pluriel‘s coordination committee, examines the place and modes of action of the Muslim ...

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Interreligious Dialogue and Ethnic Nationalisms in the Balkans

At the invitation of PISAI (Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Rome) and Georgetown University, Ahmet Alibašić, professor of Islamic civilization at the Faculty of Islamic Studies...

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Beyond Representation: Systemic Epistemic Alterity and the Architecture of Knowledge in the Contemporary Academy

  • Wael Saleh

In this article, published in two parts by Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective (SERRC), Wael Saleh, a researcher at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) and a member of Pluriel's...

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Managing Religious Diversity in Italy: Law, Policy, and Practice in a Pluralist Era

  • Alessandro Ferrari

In this article published in the journal Religions 17/3 (2026), Alessandro Ferrari offers a comprehensive analysis of Italy’s regime for governing religious diversity, at the intersection of ...

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The Muslim Brotherhood International Power Index (MBIPI) 2025

  • Wael Saleh
  • Patrice Brodeur

Published in February 2026 by TRENDS Research & Advisory (Abu Dhabi), The Muslim Brotherhood International Power Index (MBIPI) 2025 offers the first systematic, global measurement of the Brothe...