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Dār al-islām and dār al-ḥarb in contemporary Muslim thought

Auteur(s) :

• Farid Bouchiba

The purpose of the proposed paper is to question the division of the world into dār al-islām (land of Islam) and dār al-ḥarb (land of war), which is a classification introduced by Muslim jurisconsu...

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Unity of God and unity in God – a possible perspective and way of dialogue between the believers?

Auteur(s) :

• Vanessa Breidy

A shῑ‘ῑ perspective of dialogue developed by D. Mohammad Ali Shomali. Talking about unity between believers and calling them to act upon it is not new in Islam. The Qur’ān and the early history o...

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Is God a Lawgiver? Christian and Muslim Perspectives on Ius divinum

Auteur(s) :

• Timo Güzelmansur
• Tobias Specker

Law that invokes divine appointment or other religious justifications is repeatedly the focus of general attention in Germany. Beyond the concrete religious legal provisions, there is a reflection ...

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Jalāl Al-Dīn Al-Suyūṭī: An Historical Contextualization Between Life and Works

Auteur(s) :

• Antonio Cuciniello

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyuṭī (1445-1505), as a religious scholar of the Egyptian Mamluk era, one of the most prominent scholars of the pre-modern Islamic world, is the most prolific author in all of ...

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Islamic Hermeneutics of Nonviolence: Key Concepts and Methodological Steps

Auteur(s) :

• Adnane Mokrani

The article traces the key concepts and methodological steps that make an Islamic theology of nonviolence plausible. It offers the tools for a critical reading of classical texts, “sacred” history,...

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Authority according to the Qur’an and the authority of the Qur’an: from model to realisation

Auteur(s) :

• Geneviève Gobillot

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 2...

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Al-Tirmidhî and mystical mediation

Auteur(s) :

• Geneviève Gobillot

Lecture given on 14 October 2021 at the Catholic University of Lyon during the conference « Radicalisation leading to violence in the name of Islam, Epistemological, methodological and ethical appr...

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God’s Word and Human Language Christian theology of revelation and Islamic positions on the inimitability of the Koran

Auteur(s) :

• Tobias Specker

God’s Word is at the centre of both the Christian and Islamic faiths. Revelation and language are thus closely related in both religions. Tobias Specker brings Islamic and Christian theology,...

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MIDEO 36 – Iǧtihād and taqlīd in Sunnī and Šīʿī Islam

Auteur(s) :

• Emmanuel Pisani

The theme of iǧtihād and taqlīd, by pointing to the notional antagonism between independent reasoning on the one hand and submission to the argument of authority on the other, plunges us into the h...

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Islam and Otherness : A Muslim theologian’s viewpoint

Auteur(s) :

• Nayla Tabbara

The Why and How of a New Theology of Religion in Islam The question of salvation The perception of the other and the perception of the self This lecture is part of the PLURIEL webinar ‘Islam &...