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In Memoriam: John L. Esposito (1940-2026)
The scholar of Islam John L. Esposito passed away on 15 July 2026 in Philadelphia, at the age of 86. A leading figure in the study of Islam and in the relationship between religion and international affairs...
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Wasim Salman in Rome: Citizenship and Religious Minorities According to al-Azhar
On 25 and 26 June 2026, Wasim Salman, President of PISAI, took part in Rome in the workshop Religious Humanisms, Inclusive Citizenship and Democracy, organised by the University of Notre Dame Rome, together...
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Does the term “frérisme” clarify or obscure the public debate?
In an op-ed published on May 13, 2026, in the Quebec daily Le Devoir, Mounia Aït Kabboura, a sociologist of Islam, and sociologist Samir Amghar examine the growing use of the word “frérisme” (Brotherhood-is...
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Dominique Avon: “Hezbollah, the History of an Armed Organisation”
On 25 March 2026, historian Dominique Avon was a guest on Le Cours de l’histoire on France Culture for an episode in the series Guerre au Moyen-Orient, l’histoire pour comprendre, hosted by Xavi...
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Recruitment: Associate Professor Position in Modern and Contemporary Islamic Political and Religious Thought at ENS Lyon
The École Normale Supérieure de Lyon is opening a position for an Associate Professor (M/F) specialized in “Political and Religious Thought in Modern and Contemporary Islam” as part of its 2025 ...
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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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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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Mohamed-Ali Adraoui
Doctor of political science, specialist in contemporary Salafism, jihadism and Islamism
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Mohamed Gamal Ali
Docteur en sciences politiques, professeur assistant à l’Université britannique d’Égypte (BUE) et chargé de recherche à l’Université américaine du Caire (AUC)
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Nada Amin
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Juan Macias Amoretti
Professeur (Profesor Titular) d’études arabes et islamiques, Département d’études sémitiques, Université de Grenade
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Rachad Antonius
Professeur associé au département de sociologie, Université du Québec à Montréal
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Alam Anwar
Professeur de sciences politiques et de relations internationales
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Youssef Boutahar
Professeur en anglais et études interculturelles
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Olga Torres Díaz
Enseignante-chercheuse en études arabes et islamiques, Département de philologies intégrées, Université de Séville
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Amina Drhimeur
Doctorante en science politique à Sciences Po Lyon
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Julien Fragnon
Chercheur en science politique, enseignant à Sciences Po Lyon et à l’université Lumière Lyon 2
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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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Alberto Priego Moreno
Professeur de relations internationales, Faculté de droit (ICADE), Université pontificale de Comillas (Madrid)
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Abderrahim El Omari
Professeur (islam, démocratie et société civile), Faculté des sciences juridiques, économiques et sociales de Mohammedia, université Hassan II de Casablanca.
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Mohamed Ourya
Chargé de cours à l’École de Politique Appliquée de l’Université de Sherbrooke.
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Wael Saleh
Professeur associé à l’Institut d’études internationales de Montréal (IEIM), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).
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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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Stéphane Valter
Professeur en langue et civilisation arabes
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Luciano Zaccara
Chercheur principal à New Ground Research (Qatar) ; spécialiste de l’Iran, du Golfe et des systèmes électoraux du monde arabe et musulman
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Understanding Salafism
- Mohamed-Ali Adraoui
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Islam Seen through the Work of Aziz al-Azmeh
- Wasim Salman
Abstract Published in Arabic in issue 50 (2024) of Islamochristiana (PISAI, released in April 2025), this essay by Wasim Salman, president of PISAI and director of the journal, examines the relationship bet...
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Ḥaydar Ibrāhīm ʿAlī, a Thinker on Multiple Fronts
- Guy-Raymond Sarkis
Abstract Ḥaydar Ibrāhīm ʿAlī, a Sudanese sociologist of religion, is a committed intellectual whose writings both arise from and respond to the challenges of his society. He calls for a liberation theology ...
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The Muslim Brotherhood in International Relations: Roles and Outcomes
- Wael Saleh
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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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Islam and Muslims. Doctrines, Schools of Thought, and Current Trends
- Michel Younès
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Aesthetics and politico-ethics of Islamic thought: for a new reading of Averroes
Paper presented at the 5th 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 Muslim Brotherhood International Power Index (MBIPI) 2025
- Wael Saleh
- Patrice Brodeur
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Sayyid Qutb. Architect of Radical Islamism
- Mounia Ait Kabboura
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God Is with Us: How Islam and Judaism Justify Violence
- Haoues Seniguer
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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-Azhar...
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The Politics of Family Laws in Egypt and Tunisia: A Comparative Study of State-Religion Relations
- Mohamed Gamal Ali
Abstract Egypt and Tunisia share many historical, cultural and political commonalities, yet their state-religion arrangements differ markedly, particularly regarding the scope of religious reference in fami...