Ali MOSTFA is interviewed during the Conference “The Narrative of Islamic Violence in History. Creation, Artifice and Reality” at the University of Navarra in december 2018.
Titre original : “Islamic violence: immigration, radicalism, dialogue between civilizations”
Ali MOSTFA est interviewé en marge du colloque “The Narrative of Islamic Violence in History. Creation, Artifice and Reality” à l’Université de Navarre, en décembre 2018
مقابلة مع علي مصطفى في خلال مؤتمر “سرديات العنف الإسلامي في التاريخ. الخلق، الحيلة والواقع” الذي عُقد في جامعة نافارا في كانون الأوّل\ديسمبر 2018.
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