Newsletter — June 2018
Dear friends, we are glad to announce the publication of volume 33 of MIDEO, dedicated to the Islamic theology of religious diversity. Just as Christianity, Islam must articulate its claim…
The Kazan parchment fragments of Sībawayh’s Kitāb
Jean Druel, “The Kazan parchment fragments of Sībawayh’s Kitāb” in Гасырлар авазы (Эхо веков) 90/1 (2018), pages 14‒26.
Newsletter — May 2018
Dear friends, The academic year has ended like last year, with a seminar session (photo) and an ifṭār to which a hundred people attended. It was an opportunity to welcome…
The issue of the existence of God in Ibn Taymiyya
Adrien Candiard Member of the IDEO and PhD student in Islamic studies Tuesday May 22nd, 2018 For Heidegger (1889‒1976), if metaphysics failed in its project, it is because it identified…
Spiritual progress and intellectual progress
Seminar al-Azhar University and the IDEO Monday May 7ᵗʰ, 2018 On May 7th, the latest session of our joint seminar between Al-Azhar and IDEO took place at the Faculty of…
From the Political to the Historiographical Use of Poetry
Noëmie Lucas PhD candidate, Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne University Monday April 30ᵗʰ, 2018 In his work Ansāb al-ašrāf, al-Balāḏurī (d. 279/892?) relates an episode of the construction of the canal “al-Mubārak” by…
Newsletter — April 2018
Dear friends, The conference on the interactions between Shiites and Christians organized in Paris was a great moment in the life of the Institute. Even if the lectures were highly…
Abd al-Masîh al-Kindî on the Qur’an
Emilio Platti, “Abd al-Masîh al-Kindî on the Qur'an” in Arab Christians and the Qur'an from the origins of Islam to the Medieval period, edited by Mark Beaumont, Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2018, 66‒82.
The Interaction Between Twelver Shiites and Christians: History, Theology, Literature
April 11‒13, 2018 The IDEO, in partnership with ISTR in Paris (Institute of Science and Theology of Religions) and GRIEM (Interdisciplinary Research Group on Missionary Writings), organized a conference sponsored by the…
Adawāt: Tools for Critical Thinking in Islamic Studies
May 1ˢᵗ, 2018 ‒ April 30ᵗʰ, 2022 On March 27th, we signed a four-year (2018-2022), 500,000 € contract with the European Delegation in Egypt to finance activities with several partners: …
Newsletter — March 2018
Dear friends, On March 27th, we signed a contract with the European Delegation in Cairo for the funding of the project “Adawāt: Tools for Critical Thinking in Islamic Studies” in…
The epistemology of Ibn Taymiyya
Seminar al-Azhar University and the IDEO Thursday March 22nd, 2018 For this new session of our joint seminar between Al-Azhar and IDEO, we chose to comment on the same text,…