The emergence of Ḥadīṯ as the authority of knowledge
International conference with Walid Saleh (University of Toronto), Aisha Geissinger (University of Carleton) in Cairo, 11–13 January 2018 In collaboration with the French Institute of Egypt Click here to download the…
Newsletter – May 2017
Dear friends, Ramadan has begun once again, and this year in the midst of violence. How can some people believe that this violence pleases God? How can they imagine that…
What does it mean to comment in Islam?
The articles gathered in the MIDEO 32 incorporate most of the contributions presented at the symposium organized by IDEO in Cairo on the 14th, 15th and 16th of January, 2016,…
Newsletter – April 2017
Dear friends, Many people wonder if it is naïve to believe that Pope Francis’s visit to Egypt could lead to anything. Firstly, we should not minimize the symbolic impact of…
The Effectiveness of Religious Discourse: Between Teaching and Reality
Seminar al-Azhar University and the IDEO Monday May 8ᵗʰ, 2017 The third session in the series of meetings organized as part of the collaboration between the University of al-Azhar and…
Romanisation of Arabic
Please find in this document icon-file-text the rules of transliteration (romanisation) of the Arabic language in use in our online catalogue.
Excavation of an Umayyad castle
Jean-Baptiste Humbert Archaeologist at the Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem Tuesday May 2nd, 2017 Archeology consists of luck and surprises. By searching for traces of the Aramean people (often…
Freedom of conscience
Dominique Avon, “Freedom of conscience (ḥurriyyat al-ḍamīr). A challenge for Arab-Islamic authorities”, dans Acta philosophica, 2017, vol. 26, fasc. 1, pages 193‒200.
Newsletter – March 2017
Dear friends, We are now beginning to reap the rewards of our past efforts! As it was necessary to arm ourselves with patience to finally arrive at a signed agreement…
An epistemological shift: From Sunna to Šarīʿa and the breach of modern times
Rocio Daga Portillo Professor of Islamology at Munich University Tuesday March 28ᵗʰ, 2017 It is striking to note that in the Qurʾān and the oldest texts the term Sunna is used more…
Rationality and Affectivity in Religious and Extremist Discourse: The Model of Fraternity
A closed seminar al-Azhar University and the IDEO Saturday March 25ᵗʰ, 2017 On March 25th, the second meeting between the IDEO and the DEIF (Department of Islamic Studies in French)…
Newsletter – February 2017
Dear Friends, Last February 22nd and 23rd the IDEO had the pleasure of being part of the official resumption of the dialogue between al-Azhar and the Vatican which had been…