Salim Daccache

Salim Daccache is the Rector of Saint Joseph University in Beirut. He holds a doctorate in Education Sciences with a thesis on values in Lebanese schools, defended at the University of Strasbourg (France) in 2011. He also holds a doctorate in Letters-Philosophy with a thesis on the Muslim kalam in the 10th century, defended at the University Panthéon-Sorbonne I in 1988.

In addition to his position as Rector, he is President of the Association of Universities in Lebanon since 2020, full board member of the International Association of Universities (IAU) since 2016, editor of the Arabic cultural review Al-Machreq of the Society of Jesus since 1990 and Director of the Lebanese Group for Friendship and Christian-Muslim Dialogue (GLADIC).

He holds a master’s degree in Theology and Philosophy from the Centre Sèvre – Facultés jésuite de Théologie et de Philosophie in France in 1983. He was ordained a priest on 9 April 1983 and has been a member of the Society of Jesus since 1975.

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The Return of Turbans. Al-Azhar’s Presence in Egyptian Society

  • Mohamed Gamal Ali

Published in late 2024, “The Return of the Turbans: Al-Azhar’s Presence in Egyptian Society” is the culmination of Mohamad Gamal Ali’s master’s thesis in political sci...

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Religious minorities between the Mediterranean shores: a study of the status of religious minorities in the Mediterranean context (REMiMEsO) – Final Report

  • Alessandro Ferrari

The REMiMESo project, led by Ilaria Valenzi and supported by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, explores the situation of religious minorities in five Mediterranean countries: Israel, Morocco...

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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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Religious Diversity, Interreligious Perspectives, and Islamic Religious Education in Switzerland: Current Situation and Room for Maneuver

  • Hansjörg Schmid

Twenty years ago, the first pilot projects of Islamic religious education (IRE) in public schools in Switzerland caused a stir in some parts of the country. From a pedagogical perspective, the rati...

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Education And Otherness: What are the Issues in a Context of Diversity?

  • Salim Daccache

In the era of the continuous call for the adoption of citizenship and living together (al Azhar declaration March 2017) and human brotherhood and common coexistence (Abu Dhabi document February 201...

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The essentials of Islam

  • Jamel Khermimoun

Today, Islam in Europe and the West arouses curiosity, mistrust and questions. This book summarises the foundations of this religion, its history, its currents and the challenges it faces today, in...

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Exploring Islamic Social Work. Between Community and the Common Good

  • Hansjörg Schmid

This open access book addresses, for the first time, Islamic social work as an emerging concept at the interface of Islamic thought and social sciences. Applying a multidisciplinary approach it exp...

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The view of Lebanese Islam on the other: what specificity?

  • Salim Daccache

Salim Daccache, Rector of Saint Joseph University since 2012. Doctor of Letters and Philosophy and in Educational Sciences. Argument: How does Lebanese Islam look at the other, the Christian, it...