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Conference “Islam, Authoritarianism and Underdevelopment” in Paris with Ahmed T. Kuru

Presentation and discussion with Ahmed T. Kuru on the occasion of the French translation of his book Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment (Fenêtres editions, 2024), on October 9, 2024, at 6 PM, at ...

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Replay / Conference “Religious authority in Islam”

Since 2019, the Pluriel group from Lyon group has brought together 14 researchers around the question of the legitimisation of religious authority in Islam. The closing conference of this research project w...

to 18/11/21 to 19/11/21

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Conference / Religious authority in Islam

Conference organised by the Centre d’études des cultures et des religions (UCLy, Lyon) on 18 and 19 November 2021 Presentation Being a repository of authority or being recognised as a place of authori...

to 16/10/21 to 17/10/21

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Conference / The Cairo Edition of the Qurʾān, 1924

Organized by the Dominican Insitute for Oriental Studies (IDEO, Cairo) Presentation This conference offers an historical reflection on the Cairo edition of the Qurʾān made under the authority of al-Azhar co...

DEADLINE : 01/07/21

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Call for papers / Symposium “Training of imams, chaplains and Islamic scholars in France in 2021”

At the Protestant Faculty of the University of Strasbourg on 21 May and at the National School for the Training of Religious Officials and Chaplains in Ostwald on 22 May 2021 The National School for the Tra...

to 07/05/20 to 08/05/20

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[Covid-19 – Annulé] Acteurs religieux dans le monde arabe actuel : rôles, prises de position, rapports de force, impacts et enjeux

Le 88ème Congrès ACFAS n'aura pas lieu.

Islam and Otherness: Contextualizations, Transformations, and Influences

From a cross-section of dogmas, discourses, doctrines and reference texts, the contributions aim to examine, from a specific angle of approach (philosophical, theological, political, religious, anthropologi...

Authority and Regulation in Islam (Lyon)

After a research programme on religious, Islamic and Biblical fundamentalism, and a deconstructivist approach to fundamentalism, we thought it was important to approach the notion of authority in link with ...

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

• Mohamed Gamal Ali

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The History of the Quran according to Muslim Sources

• Gabriel Said Reynolds

Professors Shady Nasser from Harvard and Gabriel Reynolds from the University of Notre Dame explore the history of the revelation and compilation of the Quran according to traditional Muslim sources. They d...

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From Transnational Islamic Movements to Individual Religiosity: the Crisis of Religious Authority in Western European Muslim Communities

• Baptiste Brodard

Islam has evolved in form over recent decades in Western European countries, where its lack of institutionalization and official representation allow different ideological trends, movements, and religious o...

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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 colonial Euro...

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The concept of “citizenship” in the Azhari discourse. Problems and contradictions

• Mohamed Gamal Ali

The concept of “citizenship” in the Al-Azhar discourse, problems and contradictions Al-Azhar Foundation announces on various occasions its full adoption of the concept of “citizenship,” and the ...

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Religious authority and its contestation according to Mohammad Talbi

• Yosra Garmi

Conference « Religious Authority in Islam », organised by the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions and the Research Unit of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), on 18 and 19 November 2021. Vide...

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The authority of the Ulemas, Glory and misery according to Abdel Jawad Yassin

• Samir Arbache

Conference « Religious Authority in Islam », organised by the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions and the Research Unit of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), on 18 and 19 November 2021. Vide...

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The authority of mystics: reality or overdetermination of Islamic scholars? Through the eyes of Maurice Borrmans

• Florence Javel

Conference « Religious Authority in Islam », organised by the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions and the Research Unit of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), on 18 and 19 November 2021. Vide...

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Political and Religious Fields in Morocco. Issues and stakes of power and authority

• Mohamed-Ali Mostfa

Conference « Religious Authority in Islam », organised by the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions and the Research Unit of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), on 18 and 19 November 2021. Vide...

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The field of fatwa production in French: a scene of tough competition between Islamic authorities

• Bénédicte Du Chaffaut

Conference « Religious Authority in Islam », organised by the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions and the Research Unit of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), on 18 and 19 November 2021. Vide...

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The imam, the “priest” of Muslims?

• Benjamin Latouche

Conference « Religious Authority in Islam », organised by the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions and the Research Unit of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), on 18 and 19 November 2021. . Vi...

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Sunni authorities at the turn of the 20th-21st century

• Dominique Avon

Conference « Religious Authority in Islam », organised by the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions and the Research Unit of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), on 18 and 19 November 2021. . Vi...