Pierre Afouda Adimi

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Born in Benin, Pierre Afouda Adimi is a permanent professor at the Higher School of Business and Management of Tangier (ESCGT) and also teaches in the Master’s programme in international cooperation of the Faculty of Law of Tangier (Abdelmalek Essaâdi University). Settled in Morocco since 2005, he obtained a master’s in international cooperation and development there in 2010, followed by a doctorate in international relations in 2014.

His work addresses regional integration, international cooperation, governance, geopolitics and terrorism. He has notably published on Morocco’s new diplomatic drive in sub-Saharan Africa (journal Paix et Sécurité Internationales, 2015) and contributed to work of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco devoted to Africa and Latin America.

He is a member of the “Religions and Societies” research group of the 2025-2027 Master’s programme of the Al Mowafaqa Ecumenical Institute of Theology (IOTAM, Rabat).

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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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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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Islam and Fraternity: Impact and Prospects of the Abu Dhabi Declaration

The volume dedicated to the conference “Islam and Fraternity”, held in Abu Dhabi from February 4 to 7, 2024, under the auspices of the PLURIEL network, in partnership with Trends, a research center...

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Sayyid Qutb. Architect of Radical Islamism

  • Mounia Ait Kabboura

The thought of Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966) has profoundly shaped a wide range of religio-political movements, from the Muslim Brotherhood to Salafi-jihadists, radicalizing political Islam and inspiring...

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God Is with Us: How Islam and Judaism Justify Violence

  • Haoues Seniguer

Long before October 7, 2023—and even more so since—certain politicized strands of Judaism and Islam have been creating conditions that legitimize, escalate, and sacralize violence in God’s na...

Couverture de l'ouvrage Political, Social, Religious and Economic Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa

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Al-Azhar and Politics in Egypt in the Post-Arab Spring: Al-Azhar’s Position within State-Society Relations (2011-2021)

  • Mohamed Gamal Ali

Presentation This chapter analyses the transformations of al-Azhar's position within state-society relations in Egypt, from the 2011 revolution to 2021. A centuries-old religious institution, al-Az...