
NEWS
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...
NEWS
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 ...
AGENDA
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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AGENDA
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...
Mohamed-Ali Adraoui
Docteur en science politique, spécialiste du salafisme, du jihadisme et de l’islamisme contemporains
Mohamed Gamal Ali
Research Assistant in Human Rights and Political Science. PhD Student in Political Science at Cairo University.
Juan Macias Amoretti
Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies
Rachad Antonius
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Université du Québec à Montréal
Alam Anwar
Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Youssef Boutahar
Professor of English and Cultural Studies
Amina Drhimeur
Doctorante en science politique à Sciences Po Lyon
Julien Fragnon
Associate researcher at the research unit Triangle UMR 5206 and teacher at the Institute of Political Science in Lyon
Giovanni Giacalone
Professor of islam in the Balkans and Caucasus
Alberto Priego Moreno
Associate Professor
Abderrahim El Omari
Professor of Islam, Democracy and Civil Society – Hassan I University, Settat.
Mohamed Ourya
Chargé de cours à l’École de Politique Appliquée de l’Université de Sherbrooke.
Wael Saleh
Professeur associé à l’Institut d’études internationales de Montréal (IEIM), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).
Haoues Seniguer
Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Science Po Lyon
Olga Torres
Researcher in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Vice-Rector for Research, University of Seville
Stéphane Valter
Professor
Lucciano Zaccara
Assistant Professor Qatar University, Center for Gulf Studies
videos
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...
publication
Islam and Muslims. Doctrines, Schools of Thought, and Current Trends
publication
God Is with Us: How Islam and Judaism Justify Violence
publication
Sayyid Qutb. Architect of Radical Islamism
publication
The Return of Turbans. Al-Azhar’s Presence in Egyptian Society
article
From Transnational Islamic Movements to Individual Religiosity: the Crisis of Religious Authority in Western European Muslim Communities
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...
videos
From the Declaration “Nostra Aetate” to the Document of Abu Dhabi: Reexamining a Historical and Theological Trajectory in the Catholic Approach to Islamic-Christian Dialogue
Jean Jacques Pérennès, former director of the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, proposes a re-examination of the Catholic approach to Islamic-Christian dialogue, from the Nostra Aetate...
videos
The Populist Political Style of the Islamist Moroccan party, the PJD
Title of the lecture : ‘The «Us» Against the «Others», the Populist Political Style of the Islamist party the PJD’ How do religious actors understand an increasingly globalised and pluralistic w...
videos
The representation of non-Islamist Muslims in Sunni Islamist discourse
Full lecture title : ‘The representation of non-Islamist Muslims in Sunni Islamist discourse: an intra-religious otherness?’ In what ways do non-Brother Muslims (especially secular, liberal and ...
videos
Islamists and international relations
Full title of the conference: “Islamists and International Relations. What worldview? What diplomatic practices? Emergence, evolution and amendment of a culturalist and antagonistic theory of world sp...
videos
Political and Religious Fields in Morocco. Issues and stakes of power and authority
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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From Islamic Reference to Conservative Pragmatism. The Sinuous Political Discourse of the Moroccan Party of Justice and Development
Online conference organised by Trends Research and Advisory, on the theme The Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab World: Signs of Decline and Strategies to Survive. The lecture of Ali Mostfa starts by 16″1...