Newsletter — March 2019
Dear friends, We are currently reflecting on the future of Diamond-ILS, the library management software suite we have been developing since 1999, and of AlKindi, the documentary portal dedicated to…
Christians and Muslims under Sharia law in northern Nigeria: A pastor’s perspective
Felix Emeka Udolisa, O.P. Parish pastor in Gusau, Zamfara State Tuesday April 2nd, 2019 Since 1999, the Muslim-majority states of northern Nigeria have decided to apply Sharia law not only…
Alfarabi’s Views on Prophecy and Prophethood
Dr. Catarina Belo Associate professor of philosophy at The American University in Cairo Tuesday March 19ᵗʰ, 2019 During this seminar session, Catarina Belo presented the views of al-Fārābī (d. 339/950)…
Al-Ǧurǧānī and the beginning of pragmatics
Dr. Zeinab Taha Assistant Professor of Arabic Language at the American University of Cairo Tuesday March 5ᵗʰ, 2019 There is often a difference between the meaning of words, according to…
Newsletter — February 2019
Dear friends, The reading of Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen’s new book on Coptic-Catholic priests in Upper Egypt (Paris 2019, in French) took up the bulk of my first days of February. At…
Newsletter — January 2019
Dear friends, Following numerous rumors in recent months, we feared that the famous Cairo Book Fair would be too remote, too difficult for the public to access, and burdened with…
Mediterraneo. Il dramma dei
Claudio Monge & Alessandro Cortesi & Pietro Domenico Giovannoni & Marco Giovannoni, Mediterraneo. Il dramma dei “senza diritti”, Firenze, Nerbini, 2019, 168 pages. La frontiera dell’accoglienza rappresenta un ambito cruciale…
Newsletter — December 2018
Dear Friends, From December 13‒20th, in Iraq, Amir Jajé organized the second part of the conference devoted to relations between Twelver Shiites and Christians (Paris, April 2018). This second part…
The Ḥadīṯ as authority of knowledge
The canonization of Ḥadīṯ has not been without theological conflicts: between the Qurʾānic scholars, the traditionalists, and the rationalists, the question raised is always that of the authority of knowledge. How has…
Muslim perspectives on interreligious dialogue
Djamel Djazouli, Denis Gril and Omero Marongiu-Perria A round table leaded by Adrien Candiard, OP (IDEO) At the French Institute in Egypt Friday November 30ᵗʰ, 2018 at 6:00 p.m It…
Newsletter — November 2018
Dear friends, The visit of the Islamic-Christian group for theological reflection, organized by the SNRM (National Service of the Bishops of France for Relations with Muslims), was a beautiful occasion…
Il martirio dell’ospitalità
Claudio Monge et Gilles Routhier, Il martirio dell’ospitalità. La testimonianza di Christian de Chergé e Pierre Claverie, Bologne, EDB, 2018, 160 pages. È negli anni terribili del «decennio nero», che in Algeria contrappone…