Ibn Taymiyya and the God of the Philosophers
Adrien Candiard, O.P. PhD candidate and IDEO member icon-calendar Tuesday April 23ʳᵈ, 2019 In the ninth volume of his large book Darʾ taʿāruḍ al-ʿaql wa-l-naql, which constitutes a precise and extremely informed refutation of rationalist ideas, Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328) devotes almost fifty pages to the refutation of Aristotle’s metaphysical ideas, as presented by Ṯābit b. Qurra (m. […]
Muslim perspectives on interreligious dialogue
Djamel Djazouli, Denis Gril and Omero Marongiu-Perria A round table leaded by Adrien Candiard, OP (IDEO) At the French Institute in Egypt icon-calendar Friday November 30ᵗʰ, 2018 at 6:00 p.m It is true that interreligious dialogue has long been the initiative of Christians, however, more and more Muslim voices are now being heard, calling for […]
The issue of the existence of God in Ibn Taymiyya
Adrien Candiard Member of the IDEO and PhD student in Islamic studies icon-calendar Tuesday May 22nd, 2018 For Heidegger (1889‒1976), if metaphysics failed in its project, it is because it identified the “Being” with God, transforming into a sterile onto-theology. This description undoubtedly applies to Avicenna (d. 428/1037), for whom the proof of God’s existence […]
L’Egitto sciita
Adrien Candiard, « L’Egitto sciita : la dinastia fatimide » in: Luciano Vaccaro (éd.), Popoli, religioni e Chiese lungo il corso del Nilo, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, Gazzada Schianno : Fondazione Ambrosiana Paolo VI, 2015, p. 189−299.
The theory of knowledge and religious polemics according to Ibn Ḥazm al-Andalusī
Adrien Candiard PhD candidate in Islamic studies, Paris icon-calendar Wednesday June 15ᵗʰ, 2016 The theory of knowledge according to the Andalusian theologian and jurist Ibn Ḥazm (d. 456/1064) seems to be paradoxical at first glance. On the one hand, he is an enthusiastic defender of the use of reason in theological discussions. And on the […]
Muḥammad ʿAbduh (1849-1905): Historian of the Decline of Islam
Adrien Candiard Alumnus of the French École normale supérieure, Paris icon-calendar June 16, 2015 Muḥammad ʿAbduh identifies the reality of Islam and its rationality, and opposes the tradition he sees as rehearsed. In this, he is an heir of the Enlightenment and their pretention in inventing a unique universal system of reasoning, ignoring multiple types of […]