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 […]
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) […]
From the Political to the Historiographical Use of Poetry
Noëmie Lucas PhD candidate, Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne University icon-calendar Monday April 30ᵗʰ, 2018 In his work Ansāb al-ašrāf, al-Balāḏurī (d. 279/892?) relates an episode of the construction of the canal “al-Mubārak” by Ḫālid b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Qasrī (d. 126/743), the governor of Iraq at the time. He was praised by the poet al-Farazdaq (d. 110/728?) then […]
Newsletter — April 2018
Dear friends, The conference on the interactions between Shiites and Christians organized in Paris was a great moment in the life of the Institute. Even if the lectures were highly technical, they captured everyone’s interest by overlapping and allowing exciting and accessible discussions for all present. This is exactly the aim of research: to go […]
Abd al-Masîh al-Kindî on the Qur’an
Emilio Platti, “Abd al-Masîh al-Kindî on the Qur’an” in Arab Christians and the Qur’an from the origins of Islam to the Medieval period, edited by Mark Beaumont, Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2018, 66‒82.
The Interaction Between Twelver Shiites and Christians: History, Theology, Literature
icon-calendar April 11‒13, 2018 The IDEO, in partnership with ISTR in Paris (Institute of Science and Theology of Religions) and GRIEM (Interdisciplinary Research Group on Missionary Writings), organized a conference sponsored by the associations “Friends of IDEO” and the “Œuvre d’Orient” from April 11-13th, 2018 on the interaction between Twelver Shiites and Christians. Several internationally renowned specialists participated, […]
Adawāt: Tools for Critical Thinking in Islamic Studies
icon-calendar May 1ˢᵗ, 2018 ‒ April 30ᵗʰ, 2022 On March 27th, we signed a four-year (2018-2022), 500,000 € contract with the European Delegation in Egypt to finance activities with several partners: the Institute of Manuscripts of the Arab League in Cairo, Al-Azhar University, and the French Institute of Egypt. This money will finance several activities […]
Newsletter — March 2018
Dear friends, On March 27th, we signed a contract with the European Delegation in Cairo for the funding of the project “Adawāt: Tools for Critical Thinking in Islamic Studies” in the amount of 500,000 euros over four years (2018-2022). This amount will finance several activities whose common goal is to provide students, researchers, and teachers […]
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 […]
Newsletter — February 2018
Dear friends, The month of February has been very busy, due in part to the annual Book Fair and the many personalities passing through Cairo. We were impressed by the renewed vitality of Arab publishers, especially of the Iraqis and Syrians. We were also able to obtain many classical Arabic texts and have very nice […]