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“Dialogue between Islam and Christianity”: Michel Younès in conversation with Chems-eddine Hafiz
On 4 July 2026, the Great Mosque of Paris released a new episode of “The Rector’s Podcast”: Chems-eddine Hafiz welcomes Michel Younès, General Coordinator of Pluriel and Dean of the Faculty of Theology at t...
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03/06/26
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“45 Minutes with Lamya Kaddor”: a ZeKK Live Conversation
The Zentrum für Komparative Theologie und Kulturwissenschaften (ZeKK) at the University of Paderborn welcomes Islamic studies scholar and Member of the German Bundestag Lamya Kaddor as part of its online co...
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Conference “New proposals in interreligious studies” (Lyon, 22 April 2026)
On Wednesday 22 April 2026, from 5 to 6 p.m., the Faculty of Theology at UCLy (Catholic University of Lyon) will host a session devoted to new proposals in interreligious studies. The meeting will feature t...
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Christian–Muslim Dialogue in Focus: symposium of the Higher Education for Social Transformation research group in Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria. From October 29–31, 2024, the Faculty of Theology at the University of Innsbruck hosted the Kircher Network’s Higher Education for Social Transformation (HEST) workshop on Christia...
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Amir Dziri: “Over the past decade, the Swiss Center for Islam and Society has strengthened its academic standing”
Fribourg, Switzerland. To mark the Swiss Center for Islam and Society’s tenth anniversary, its co-director Amir Dziri gave an interview to Pluriel.
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07/05/25
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Webinar. An Anglican Perspective on Interfaith Marriages in England
As part of the Kircher Online Lectures, a public webinar will be held on Tuesday, May 7th at 4 PM (Central European Time). Entitled “Intimate Diversity: An Anglican perspective on interfaith marriage ...
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to 24/06/25 to 26/06/25
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International Conference “Muslim Chaplaincy. Practice, Research and Recognition”
Switzerland. The Swiss Centre for Islam and Society is organizing an international conference titled “Muslim Chaplaincy: Practices, Research and Recognition” from June 24-26, 2025, at the Univer...
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25/09/24
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Conference “Christian Thought, Muslim Thought, and Societal Issues” with Michel Younès and Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
Launch event for the “Theologies in Dialogue” chair on the theme “Christian thought, Muslim thought and societal issues” on Wednesday, September 25 at 6:30 PM at the Carnot campus of...
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30/06/24
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European Student Study Week on Islamic-Christian Relations “Bridging Intercultural Societies for Peace in Turbulent Times”
From June 30 to July 6, 2024 in Granada, Spain. Registration form: https://tinyurl.com/499znx4n Information : Maryam Ballout (assistanthest1.k ...
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13/09/22
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Muslim spiritual guidance in the interfaith and secular context
Conference organised by the Swiss Center for Islam & Society Muslim chaplaincy in public institutions in Switzerland was born in response to a concrete need. On the one hand, it is situated at the thres...
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to 30/05/22 to 31/05/22
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International Conference On the Future of Islamic-theological Studies
The Swiss Centre for Islam and Society (University of Fribourg) is organising a conference in Zurich on 9 and 10 February 30 and 31 May 2022 on the theme “On the Future of a Young Discipline – I...
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‘Islamophobia’ in Spain ?
The Bridge Initiative is a project led by Georgetown University that focuses on the problem of ‘Islamophobia’ in the world. Its ‘Islamophobia Resource Center’ (IRC) is a tool for academics and researchers, ...
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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...
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to 24/09/21 to 19/10/21
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PriMED Webinars : Religion, Law and Economy in the Mediterranean Space
The PriMED Project, in partnership with the Research Centre “Religion, Law and Economics in the Mediterranean Space” (REDESM, University of Insubria) are organising a new online conference progr...
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Switzerland / Launch of the project “Muslim organisations as social actors. 3”
The Swiss Centre for Islam and Society, an inter-faculty research and training centre at the University of Fribourg, is launching the third phase of its “OMAS” project under the direction of Pro...
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to 11/06/21 to 12/06/21
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Dynamics and challenges of the revival of Islamic Studies in Europe
The Institut catholique de Paris is organising a seminar on the rise of Islamic Studies in Europe (Germany, Belgium, France, Italy), on 11 and 12 June 2021. Extract from the synopsis: In a troubled internat...
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to 14/04/21 to 26/05/21
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Webinars on the prevention of religious radicalisation
The Research Centre “Religions, Rights and Economy in the Mediterranean Area” (REDESM), based at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria in cooperation with the PriMED project to prevent ...
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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...
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DEADLINE : 29/03/21
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Calls for projects “Islam, Religion and Society”
Each year, the Central Office of Religions, attached to the Directorate of Public Freedoms and Legal Affairs of the French Ministry of the Interior, issues a call for projects to support research undertaken...
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Launch of a website about Islam in Switzerland
In conclusion of the project “Muslim organizations as social actors”(OMAS), the Swiss Center for Islam and Society (CSIS, University of Friborg) designed the website Islamandsociety.ch. It provides the gene...
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to 06/11/20 to 07/11/20
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Conference ‘Islam in school’
Conference oragnized by the by the Swiss Center for Islam and Society at the University of Fribourg.
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09/10/19
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Religious Traditions in the Face of the Crisis of Liberal System. The Case of Islam. (Milano, October 9th, 2019)
Conference organized by the department of religious science of Università Cattolica di Milano
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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...
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For a preventive Islamic de-radicalization. The Re-Configuration of the Humanities within an inter-religious approach. (Milan)
Research group held by the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan. The return to the humanities is not only necessary, but crucial for the promotion of a de-radicalising approach to both societi...
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Comparative study on religious freedom across the two Mediterranean shores (Como and Varese)
The Research Centre “Religion, Law and Economy in the Mediterranean Area” (“Religioni, Diritti ed Economie nello Spazio Mediterraneo” – REDESM), established within the University of Insubria, aims to foster...
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Religion – Violence – Communication – World Order (Innsbruck)
RGKW (Religion-Gewalt-Kommunikation-Weltordnung) is an interdisciplinary centre of research based at the Faculty of Catholic Theology (Innsbruck). It conducts fundamental research in the field of religion-c...
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Islamic-theological studies with a focus on “Islam and society” (Fribourg)
The Swiss Centre “Islam and Society” runs a doctoral programme “Islam and Society: Islamic-theological studies” designed to study specific, multidisciplinary themes and to support do...
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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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Islam and society in contemporary Spain (Granada)
Because the presence of Muslim communities in Spain is relatively recent, and because there is not a long tradition of theological study of Islam, we want to start our dialogue with the Islamic tradition by...
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Stefano Allievi
Professeur de sociologie et de pluralisme social et conflits culturels
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Jean-Marc Balhan
Guest lecturer at the Centre Sèvres, Priest in Ankara
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Janusz Balicki
Professeur d’intégration culturelle des immigrés musulmans dans l’UE
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Cédric Baylocq
Anthropologue, Chercheur associé à l’Institut de Science et Théologie des Religions, Institut catholique de Paris
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Paolo Branca
Professeur associé d’études arabes et islamiques
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Baptiste Brodard
Enseignant-chercheur en islamologie à l’Université Aix-Marseille
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Antonio Navarro Carmona
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Rémi Caucanas
Chercheur associé à l’IREMAM, enseignant en histoire des relations islamo-chrétiennes à l’Université Saint-Paul, Ottawa,
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Bénédicte Du Chaffaut
Chercheur au Centre d’Études des Cultures et des Religions de l’Université catholique de Lyon
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Guillaume Chatagny
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Cristiana Cianitto
Professeur de droit religieux, droits de l’homme et discours de haine
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Amir Dziri
Professeur en islamologie, Directeur du centre suisse “Islam et société”
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Alessandro Ferrari
Professeur de droit comparé des religions
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Silvio Ferrari
Professeur honoraire de droit canonique
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Jaume Flaquer Garcia
Professeur de dialogue interreligieux, théologie des religions et islamologie
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Hicham Abdel Gawad
Docteur en sciences des religions, écrivain et formateur aux faits religieux en société
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Giovanni Giacalone
Sociologue, analyste de l’islam politique et de la radicalisation en Europe ; chercheur au Centro Studi Machiavelli
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Mohammed Hashas
Professeur auxiliaire, département de sciences politiques, université Luiss de Rome
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Franziska Honsowitz-Friessnigg
Directrice du Département pour la coopération scientifique et le dialogue des cultures et des religions au ministère des Affaires étrangères autrichien
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Damian Howard
Prêtre jésuite, spécialiste des relations islamo-chrétiennes ; Honorary Fellow, Campion Hall (Oxford)
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Jamel Khermimoun
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Benjamin Latouche
Prêtre catholique et chercheur, membre du laboratoire d’islamologie du Centre d’études des cultures et des religions (CECR) de l’Université catholique de Lyon
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Stefano Luca
Professeur invité en islamologie et missiologie au Studio Teologico Interprovinciale Laurentianum à Venise
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Myriam Di Marco
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Roberto Mazzola
Professeur de droit ecclésiastique à l’université du Piémont oriental
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Mohamed-Ali Mostfa
Maître de conférences sur le monde arabo-musulman et les représentations interculturelles
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Michaela Quast-Neulinger
Professeure de théologie fondamentale et d’études religieuses à la faculté de théologie catholique d’Innsbruck
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Raja Sakrani
Jurist and Reserach coordinator
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Hansjörg Schmid
Directeur du Centre suisse “Islam et société”
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Haoues Seniguer
Professeur des universités à l’Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 ; chercheur associé au laboratoire Triangle (CNRS / ENS de Lyon)
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Klaus von Stosch
Professeur de théologie catholique
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Davide Tacchini
Chercheur au Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Iéna) ; professeur adjoint de langue et littérature arabes (Université de Parme)
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Noemi Trucco
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Gonzalo Villagrán
Professeur d’éthique sociale chrétienne à l’Universidad Loyola ; adjoint du président de la Conférence des provinciaux jésuites d’Europe (Bruxelles)
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Anne-Sophie Vivier-Muresan
Doyenne du Theologicum (Faculté de théologie et de sciences religieuses), Institut catholique de Paris ; théologienne et anthropologue
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Anja Zalta
Professeure associée de sociologie des religions, Faculté des arts de l’Université de Ljubljana ; directrice du Centre d’études sur le Moyen-Orient
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Two Seas, One Course: The 2026 Jesuit Migrant Service Report on Spain’s Southern Border
- Josep Buades
The annual report of the Jesuit Migrant Service (SJM), the social apostolate body of the Society of Jesus in Spain, written by Josep (Pep) Buades Fuster, examines the migratory dynamics of Spain’s “so...
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From Lavigerie to PISAI: The Institutional History of the Missionaries of Africa’s Engagement with Islam
Delivered on 21 May 2026 at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) in Rome, this lecture opens the series of conferences marking the institute’s centenary (1926-2026). Fr. Mou...
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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 in Saraj...
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“The Reception of Rūmī’s Work in France: Cultural Mediations, Symbolic Transfers and the Recomposition of Belief”, by Khalid El Khadiri
- Khalid El Khadiri
In the journal La Clé des Langues (ENS de Lyon, March 2026), Khalid El Khadiri, a PhD candidate in the history and sociology of religions at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), examines the contemp...
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From regulating religious sound to transforming it into light: public, legal and architectural debates on the adhān
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 Islam...
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Political and religious anarchism in the musical forms of rebel Islam: from rap to taqwacore
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 Islam...
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The Immigrant-Origin Population in Spain (2025)
- Josep Buades
Report of the Jesuit Migrant Service (SJM), prepared by Josep (Pep) Buades Fuster, offering a statistical portrait of the immigrant-origin population in Spain. It provides a framework for understanding the ...
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The Immigrant-Origin Population in the Canary Islands (2025)
- Josep Buades
Report of the ECCA Social Foundation, prepared by Josep (Pep) Buades Fuster, on the immigrant-origin population in the Canary Islands, the main gateway of the Atlantic route. It documents a migratory realit...
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“The 1970s Debates on the Architectural Separation between the Mosque and the Cathedral of Córdoba”, by José Luis Llaquet de Entrambasaguas
- José Luis Llaquet de Entrambasaguas
In the collective volume Gobernar la desorganización global (ed. Alfonso Chaves-Montero, Dykinson, 2026), José Luis Llaquet de Entrambasaguas, professor of state ecclesiastical law at Loyola Andalusia Unive...
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Religious minorities and spiritual assistance. Reflections on the project “Atlas of religious or belief minority rights” in the European Union
- Ilaria Valenzi
Abstract Developed within the multilevel system of legal sources, the category of “religious minority” takes on particular significance within the European Union, where a shared system of protec...
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“Inclusive Citizenship, the Right to a Place of Worship and Everyday Peace”, by Antonio Angelucci
- Antonio Angelucci
In an article published in the Italian journal Coscienza e Libertà (no. 69, 2025), Antonio Angelucci, associate professor of law and religion at the University of Insubria, examines the connection between i...
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Public order and religious family rights. Sustainability and limits of an evolving legal relationship
- Ilaria Valenzi
Abstract The public-order clause, which safeguards the fundamental principles of the legal order, is today tested by the circulation of family models rooted in religious legal systems. Ilaria Valenzi analys...
