Religionsfreiheit und islamische Staaten
Emmanuel Pisani, « Religionsfreiheit und islamische Staaten. Die Verquickung von Theologie und Politik » in Concilium, Oktober 2016, pages 436‒447.
Cooperation with the University of al-Azhar
On November 27, 2016, we had the pleasure to finally sign a cooperation agreement with al-Azhar University, with their two French sections, one in the Faculty of Language and Translation…
What happened to the grammar of numerals after Sībawayhi?
Jean Druel, What happened to the grammar of numerals after Sībawayhi? Amal E. Marogy and Kees Versteegh (Editors). The Foundations of Arabic Linguistics II. Brill: Leiden, Boston, 2015. 81‒99.
Ethics and spirituality in Islam
Francesco Chiabotti, Eve Feuillebois-Pierunek, Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen et Luca Patrizi (éd.), Ethics and spirituality in Islam: Sufi adab, Brill, Leyde, 2016, 792 pages. The notion of adab is at the heart of…
A Persian Gospel manuscript
Dennis Halft, “A Persian Gospel manuscript and the London Polyglot”, in M. Pehlivanian, Ch. Rauch, and R. Vollandt, eds, Oriental Bible manuscripts from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – PK: An…
The ‘Book of books’ in Persian
Dennis Halft, “The ‘Book of books’ in Persian”, in M. Pehlivanian, Ch. Rauch, and R. Vollandt, eds, Oriental Bible manuscripts from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – PK: An illustrated history,…
Newsletter – October 2016
Dear friends, Study, the serious search for the truth, the attentive hearing of the contradictory positions, takes infinitely more time than hate polemics. When everything is complex, we attempt to…
Al-Fārābī’s “fourth philosophy”
Aziz Hilal PhD in Arabic philosophy Tuesday October 25ᵗʰ, 2016 In his Kitāb al-ǧadal, al-Fārābī (d. 339/950) mentions a “fourth philosophy”. What he intends with this expression is a philosophy…
Newsletter ‒ September 2016
Dear friends, During the month of September, many brothers have joined our community. Brother Amir Jajé, OP (Iraq) has a Ph. D. in Islamic studies and is a specialist of…
Newsletter — August 2016
Dear friends, Fr. René-Vincent participated in the IFLA congress (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) which was held in Colombus, Ohio (USA) from August 13‒19. Over the years, fr.…
Positive history and sacred history
Dominique Avon, « Histoire positive et histoire sacrée autour de la pensée de Louis Massignon » in Cahiers d'étude du religieux 16 (2016). Louis Massignon (1883‒1962) was one of the famous…
Newsletter – July 2016
Dear friends, we are excited to introduce to you our new website. The previous site was becoming old and we could not update it easily. This new site is designed…