It is a fact that several of the foremost specialists in Islamic mysticism have been Catholic priests and religious, from Louis Massignon, Georges Anawati, and Louis Gardet in the last

“Women and Religions”. This marks Season III for this certification from the “Anawati Chair”. This year, we changed how we select candidates. Because of artificial intelligence, we no longer know

The visit of ISTR students from Paris provided a valuable opportunity to meet with al-Azhar’s Department of Islamic Studies, headed by Dr. Ali Abdelhakim. It also allowed for a discussion

There are those who do not choose between friendship and knowledge because they have understood—through a profound intuition, perhaps irreducible to any demonstration—that one without the other is but half

An unprecedented training week was implemented at the beginning of February on the topic “Complementarity between Religions and Human Rights.” It was organized in partnership with the Observatory for Combating

The proceedings of the Islam and Fraternity conference, organized in Abu Dhabi by the Pluriel network with the support of the Anawati Chair, in partnership with Trends, and to which

Sometimes a place calls upon those who inhabit it to bring it out of oblivion. When Francesco Antonini came in September 2023 as a recipient of the IDEO-Ifao-IFI predoctoral fellowship,

– €35,000! This year’s deficit has gradually decreased over the months thanks to tight management, but it still remains very significant! If you love IDEO, if you believe in our

Since October, IDEO, in partnership with the French Institute of Islamic studies (IFI), has inaugurated a seminar on methodology applied to Islamic studies, whose studies unfold within the fertile soil

“Al-ʿilm ḥayāt al-qalb min al-ǧahl” – knowledge is the life of the heart against ignorance – and Imam al-Nawawī (d. 1277) added, “the lamp of the eyes against darkness, the