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Understanding freedom of religion around the Mediterranean
How to manage religious plurality? Three researchers from our network look back at the history of the northern, eastern and southern shores of the Mediterranean to understand the diversity of legal regimes in terms of religious freedom.
With Dominique Avon, director of studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris, holder of the chair on Sunni Islam, Alessandro Ferrari, professor of comparative law at the University of Insubria, Italy, and Amin Elias, assistant professor of history at Antonine University, Lebanon
Graphic design and animation: Raphaël Georgy
Collaboration: Antoine Meyer
Scientific coordination: Michel Younès, Ali Mostfa
Comment gérer la pluralité religieuse ? Trois chercheurs de notre réseau reviennent sur l’histoire des rives Nord, Est et Sud de la Méditerranée pour comprendre la diversité des régimes juridiques en matière de liberté religieuse.
Avec Dominique Avon, directeur d’études à l’Ecole pratique des hautes études à Paris, titulaire de la chaire sur l’islam sunnite, Alessandro Ferrari, professeur de droit comparé à l’Université d’Insubrie, Italie, et Amin Elias, professeur assistant en histoire à l’Université Antonine, Liban
Réalisation et animation graphique : Raphaël Georgy
Collaboration : Antoine Meyer
Coordination scientifique : Michel Younès, Ali Mostfa
كيف يتم التّعامل التعدّد الديني؟ يتناول ثلاثة باحثين تابعين لشبكتنا تاريخ كلّ من الضّفّة الشماليّة والشرقيّة والجنوبيّة للبحر: المتوسّط، وذلك من أجل فهم تنوّع الأنظمة القضائيّة من حيث الحريّة الدينيّة.
بالاشتراك مع دومينيك أفون، مدير الدّراسات في المدرسة التّطبيقيّة للدراسات العليا في باريس، والحائز على كرسي الإسلام السّنّي، وأليساندرو فيراري، أستاذ في القانون المُقارَن في جامعة إنسوبريا في إيطاليا، وأمين إلياس، أستاذ مساعد في التّاريخ في الجامعة الأنطونيّة في لبنان.
الإخراج والرّسوم البيانيّة: رفاييل جورجي
بالتّعاون مع: أنطوان ميير
التعاون العلمي: ميشيل يونس وعلي مصطفى
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