Dearborn mosque suing Detroit cemetery for breach of contract over burial spaces

July 3, 2020

More than two dozen religious, political and community leaders gathered at the American Moslem Society mosque in Dearborn, to call...

Faith leaders call to keep EU's religious freedom envoy

July 7, 2020

Christian, Jewish and Muslim representatives have criticized the European Union's decision to drop its special envoy for religious freedom. A leading Jewish figure called it "the wrong signal...

Online clothing shop Shein has apologized for selling Muslim prayer mats on its site

July 7, 2020

The mats sold were labelled as "frilled Greek carpets" and had pictures of the Kabaa on them. The Kabaa is a building in the center of Mecca...

Islam and Belonging: Proceedings of the 2nd PLURIEL Congress

Publisher: L'Harmattan (2020)

Editors: Michel Younès, Anna Hager, Laurent Basanèse, and Diego Sarrió Cucarella
The PISAI is pleased to announce the publication of the book Islam et appartenances, edited by Michel Younès, Anna Hager, Laurent Basanese SJ and Diego Sarrio Cucarella, M.Afr. This book collects the proceedings of the Second International Conference of PLURIEL, held in Rome from 26 to 28 June 2018. The different contributions address the crucial question of "Islam and belonging"...

The MIDÉO - Mélanges de l'Institut dominicain d'études orientales

Publisher: IDEO - Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies

Edited by Emmanuel Pisani and Mathieu Gousse
The MIDÉO - Mixtures of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo - is a journal founded in 1954 by the first members of the Idéo. These Mixtures publish in particular academic contributions from members of the Institute and researchers working in close collaboration with them, in French, English or Arabic. Responding to the objectives of the Institute, the journal publishes unpublished articles on Islam from its sources; it...

The lived Religious Lives of Women in 21st Century Britain

Call for Book Chapters | Abstract Deadline: September 30, 2020

Dr Rachael Shillitoe is putting out a call for papers for a book on the lived religious lives of women in 21st century Britain. The term lived religion is being described as the ways in which...

3rd International Congress of PLURIEL: "Islam and Otherness"

April 13-16, 2021 | Beirut, Lebanon

The “Islam and Otherness” Congress proposes to reflect on the way in which Islam fits into this societal movement beyond identity resistance. It will thus be a question of asking how Islam...

HIWAR (Madrid)

Project HIWAR was conceived on the grounds of a group of researchers from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas that had the committed dedication to converse, get closer to and build bridges with Islam. Making the most of the experience of inter-religious dialogue that the Society of Jesus has been developing from General Congregation 34, this group aims to deepen the experience involved in sharing...

University Platform for Research on Islam in Europe and Lebanon

PLURIEL is the University Platform for Research on Islam in Europe and Lebanon. It was launched by the Federation of the Catholic Universities in Europe and Lebanon (FUCE) in 2014 and is now supported by the International Federation of...