Newsletter — May 2019
Dear friends, from May 1 to 5th, DoSt-İ, the Dominican Study Institute in Istanbul, directed by Claudio Monge, OP organized an international conference devoted to holiness in Islam and in Christianity (see photo). Dominicans have been present in Turkey since the 13th century, serving mainly the Eastern Catholic Christian communities. For several years, they have […]
Newsletter — April 2019
Dear friends, We are often asked the question —without animosity— what the IDEO is for and who benefits from our research, beyond a limited circle of academics? Your encouraging messages, the increasing consultation of our online catalogue and the MIDEO, the numerous proposals for collaboration, the renewed public of our seminars, show us that while […]
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. […]
Newsletter — March 2019
Dear friends, We are currently reflecting on the future of Diamond-ILS, the library management software suite we have been developing since 1999, and of AlKindi, the documentary portal dedicated to classical Arab heritage managed by this software. Since last year, thanks to European funding, the Arab Manuscripts Institute in Cairo has been cataloguing its documents […]
Christians and Muslims under Sharia law in northern Nigeria: A pastor’s perspective
Felix Emeka Udolisa, O.P. Parish pastor in Gusau, Zamfara State icon-calendar Tuesday April 2nd, 2019 Since 1999, the Muslim-majority states of northern Nigeria have decided to apply Sharia law not only to issues regarding personal status (which was already the case before that date), but also to criminal law, which some consider to be unconstitutional. […]
Alfarabi’s Views on Prophecy and Prophethood
Dr. Catarina Belo Associate professor of philosophy at The American University in Cairo icon-calendar Tuesday March 19ᵗʰ, 2019 During this seminar session, Catarina Belo presented the views of al-Fārābī (d. 339/950) on prophecy and prophethood, in the frame of his philosophy of religion. Indeed, the metaphysical and political writings of al-Fārābī seek a harmony between […]
Al-Ǧurǧānī and the beginning of pragmatics
Dr. Zeinab Taha Assistant Professor of Arabic Language at the American University of Cairo icon-calendar Tuesday March 5ᵗʰ, 2019 There is often a difference between the meaning of words, according to the dictionary, and the intention of the speaker who uses these same words according to his knowledge, culture, religion, or context in which he […]
Newsletter — February 2019
Dear friends, The reading of Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen’s new book on Coptic-Catholic priests in Upper Egypt (Paris 2019, in French) took up the bulk of my first days of February. At the same time moving, funny, sharp, critical, softened, compassionate, always specific, Catherine’s text describes people and situations that are largely ignored by foreign observers and […]
Newsletter — January 2019
Dear friends, Following numerous rumors in recent months, we feared that the famous Cairo Book Fair would be too remote, too difficult for the public to access, and burdened with discouraging formalities for international publishers. This has not been the case! The organization of this fiftieth Cairo Book Fair is remarkable. Though the premises are […]
Mediterraneo. Il dramma dei
Claudio Monge & Alessandro Cortesi & Pietro Domenico Giovannoni & Marco Giovannoni, Mediterraneo. Il dramma dei “senza diritti”, Firenze, Nerbini, 2019, 168 pages. La frontiera dell’accoglienza rappresenta un ambito cruciale su cui impostare prospettive di impegno e di prassi per il futuro. I saggi presentati in questo volume costituiscono l’esito di un lavoro di ricerca […]