Towards a New Perception of Islam
Dennis Halft, « Towards a New Perception of Islam: The Influence of Marie-Dominique Chenu’s Theology of Incarnation on Christian-Muslim Relations », in: M. Attridge, D. Dias, M. Eaton, and N. Olkovich, eds,…
Extremism: History, Definition, and Diagnosis
Seminar al-Azhar University and the IDEO Saturday February 18ᵗʰ, 2017 The first meeting on the question of extremism, organized as part of the collaboration between al-Azhar and the IDEO, took…
The first edition of the commentary of al-Tilimsānī on ʿUmar ibn al-Fāriḍ’s poem
Giuseppe Scattolin Professor of Sufism and Islamology With Mr. ʿAbd al-Samīʿ Salāma, editor of manuscripts at the Egyptian National Library Tuesday February 14ᵗʰ, 2017 The commentary of al-Tilimsānī (d. 690/1291) on ʿUmar ibn al-Fāriḍ's (d.…
Cairo International Book Fair 2017
The 48th edition of Cairo International Book Fair has just finished. This is a key moment for the life of the library and its acquisition of monographs and journals. This year the…
Newsletter — January 2017
Dear friends, January 2017 has been a very busy month at the IDEO. Several new projects were started which are very promising. I'll leave it to you to discover them…
The oldest manuscripts of the Qurʾān
Emilio Platti IDEO, Professor Emeritus of the Catholic University of Leuven Tuesday January 24ᵗʰ, 2017 Following the discovery of extremely old manuscripts of the Qurʾān, and the Birmingham folios having…
Domenicani a Costantinopoli prima e dopo l’impero ottomano
Claudio Monge & Silvia Pedone (dir.), Domenicani a Costantinopoli prima e dopo l’impero ottomano, Firenze, Nerbini, 2017, 326 pages. Il volume racconta la storia dei Domenicani in Asia Minore attraverso…
Linee di frattura: sfide e frontiere
Claudio Monge & Alessandro Cortesi (dir.), Linee di frattura: sfide e frontiere, Firenze, Nerbini, 2017, 128 pages. Questa pubblicazione presenta il frutto del lavoro e del confronto sincero e prolungato…
Newsletter ‒ December 2016
Dear friends, Sirte, Mosul, Homs, Madagali, Aden, Istanbul, Mogadishu, Cairo, Kamuya, Berlin, al-Bab… Each time blind violence hits an innocent crowd, the whole of humanity is hit. And when this…
Archeology and water in medieval Morocco
Thomas Soubira Archeologist, PhD student in Toulouse University Monday December 19ᵗʰ, 2016 The archeological site of Sijilmasa is being excavated by a French Moroccan team. This “harbour” of transsaharian trade…
Reflection on the argument from cannibalism in Islamic theology
Eric van Lit PhD in Islamic studies Tuesday December 13ᵗʰ, 2016 A little problem keeps popping up century after century, in the writings of all kinds of Muslim theologians (80…
Newsletter — November 2016
Dear friends, Some have reacted to our previous newsletter, finding it very elitist and not very down-to-earth. November was full of all kinds of down-to-earth activities, which are always beautiful…