Amany Fouad Salib

Amany Fouad Salib holds a doctorate in religious studies from the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) and is an associate researcher at the Centre for Research on Immigration, Ethnicity and Citizenship (CRIEC) at UQAM. She was previously a lecturer at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt.

Her research focuses on the construction of otherness in Islamism, the analysis of the discourse of the contemporary Islamic fundamentalist movement (its theorists, dogmatic foundations and socio-political impact), jihad (media discourse, theory and praxis), stereotypes between Islamic radicalism and the West, and the challenges of integrating Muslim communities in lands of immigration.

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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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Muslim worship in France: is the State-led reorganization underway?

  • Mohamed-Ali Mostfa

In this article published on February 26, 2025, on The Conversation, Ali Mostfa analyzes the evolution of the Forum of Islam in France (Forif), created in 2022 to replace the French Council of Musl...

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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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Women, Agency and Religion: Social and Legal Issues in the Mediterranean Public Space

  • Leïla Tauil

On the two Mediterranean shores, women’s agency is articulated by new social and legal actors who face the religious factor both as an asset and as a hindrance. This book explores how female ...

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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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Christian Thought, Muslim Thought and Societal Issues: Launch of the “Theologies in Dialogue” Chair

  • Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
  • Michel Younès

On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, this inaugural conference presents a new chair entitled "Theologies in Dialogue" at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Lyon. The speakers, Miche...

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Cosmopolitanism and minority rights: going beyond the protection of ethnoreligious minorities in the Middle East

  • Hélène Rey

This communication challenges traditional approaches to ethnoreligious diversity in the Middle East, arguing that the focus on "protecting minority rights" is inadequate. It demonstrates how these ...

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Azharis, Representations of Christianity, and the Vagaries of Islamic-Christian Dialogue (1930s-2020s)

  • Dominique Avon

Dominique Avon, Director of Studies at the École pratique des hautes études, traces the evolution of the discourse of the ulama of al-Azhar on Christianity since the 1930s. Confronted with the colo...