Spiritual progress and intellectual progress
Seminar al-Azhar University and the IDEO icon-calendar 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 Languages and Translations at Al-Azhar University. The chosen topic was “Faith and Reason”, based on a commentary by the famous Egyptian preacher Muḥammad al-Ghazālī (1917‒1996) […]
The epistemology of Ibn Taymiyya
Seminar al-Azhar University and the IDEO icon-calendar 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, in order to highlight the processes of interpretation we use and to exchange our approaches. We chose an extract from a text by Ibn […]
Literalism
Seminar al-Azhar University and the IDEO icon-calendar Monday November 27ᵗʰ, 2017 A new session of the joint meetings, organized as part of the collaboration between the University of al-Azhar and the IDEO to discuss the issue of extremism, took place on Monday, November 27, 2017 at the Faculty of Human Sciences (for Women) on the […]
Historical Definitions of wasaṭiyya
Seminar al-Azhar University and the IDEO icon-calendar Saturday September 30ᵗʰ, 2017 On September 30th, the fourth meeting of our cooperative seminar with al-Azhar for this year took place. The chosen topic was the historical definitions of “wasaṭiyya”, usually translated as “the middle path.” Three speakers presented their research on this topic: Ms. Inès Ata from […]
The Effectiveness of Religious Discourse: Between Teaching and Reality
Seminar al-Azhar University and the IDEO icon-calendar 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 the IDEO, aimed at examining the issue of extremism, took place on Monday, May 8, 2017 at the Faculty of Human Sciences (for Women). […]
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) in the School of Languages and Translation (for Men) at Al-Azhar University was held. The meeting focused on “Rationality and Affectivity in Religious and Extremist […]
Extremism: History, Definition, and Diagnosis
Seminar al-Azhar University and the IDEO icon-calendar 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 place. The selected topic was: “Extremism: History, Definition, and Diagnosis”. The Seminar was in French, and the morning’s work was followed by a lunch […]
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 (for men) and one in the Faculty of Human Sciences (for women). Negotiations had been ongoing since March 2015. The friendship and perseverance of the […]