Organized by Saint Joseph University of Beirut from April 26 to 27, 2024, in collaboration with the Institute of Oriental Letters.<\/p>\r\n
Argument<\/strong><\/p>\r\n For various reasons, interest in Islamic studies is growing. For decades, a debate has persisted on the identity of Islamic studies, their sciences, and their current and future orientations. This concerns not only the Arab and Islamic world but also the Western world: European and American. This includes contemporary approaches to the interpretation of religious texts, the theoretical foundations of issues of tolerance, citizenship, and values, the integration of knowledge, the renewal of religious discourse, the deconstruction of extremist discourse and phenomena of Islamophobia, as well as research and teaching methodologies.<\/p>\r\n Regarding the issues governing the relationship between Europe and Islam, it is important to examine the obstacles to the social integration of Muslims in Western societies and to highlight the efforts of European governments, particularly French and German, in the training of imams and those responsible for Islamic religious affairs, as well as the discussion of curricula in Islamic schools. This is with the aim of strengthening social integration and reducing phenomena of hatred and Islamophobia at the internal European level, and in order to consolidate relations between the West and the Arab and Islamic worlds, at another level. These topics of discussion aim at several objectives simultaneously, notably:<\/p>\r\n\r\n