Mohamed Ourya
Doctor in Religious Studies; Lecturer in Politics, Religion and Ethics – University of Sherbrooke, Canada
Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Sherbrooke, 2012 / M.A. in Political Science from UQAM, 2008 / B.A. in Public Law from Hassan II University (Morocco), 2002.
Publications :
- La pensée arabe actuelle. Entre tradition et modernité, Paris, L’Harmatan, 2016.
- Religieux dans les citadelles du Politique, Paris, L’Harmatan, 2014.
- Le Complot dans l’imaginaire arabo-musulman. Antécédents historico-religieux et persistance dans le discours actuel, Saarbrücken, Dictus Publishing, 2012.
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“War and peace”, by Adrien Candiard
On Wednesday 20 May 2026, the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO) hosted in Cairo a lecture by Brother Adrien Candiard, Dominican and Islamologist, on the theme "War and peace". Faced w...
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Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas and the Pluriel working group on AI-assisted interreligious dialogue
- Wael Saleh
Text by Wael Saleh, researcher at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and member of the Pluriel coordination committee. The simultaneous appearance of Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Human...
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Opening address of the Cordoba congress
- Michel Younès
On Tuesday 10 February 2026 in Cordoba, Michel Younès, general coordinator of Pluriel and dean of the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), delivered the opening address of...
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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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“Welcome to Hell”: eschatology in the literary work of Dževad Karahasan
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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Hospitality, power and interreligious dialogue in Naguib Mahfouz’s “Children of the Alley”
- Gabriel Khairallah
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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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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Spiritual eroticism and erotic spirituality in Sufi mystical thought
Paper presented at the 5th 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 Isla...