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

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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,

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Inflation in the Mamluk Era

Mr. Oussama al-Saadouni Gamil PhD student at Dār al-ʿUlūm, Cairo University icon-calendar Tuesday November 13ᵗʰ, 2018 Mr. Oussama al-Saadouni Gamil is preparing his doctoral thesis at Dār al-ʿUlūm on inflation during the Mamluk era. He chose to focus on a ten-year period, from 800/1397 to 810/1408, in order to study

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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

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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

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No one will be saved if all are not saved

Guillaume de Vaulx Doctor of Philosophy and IDEO member icon-calendar Tuesday December 12ᵗʰ, 2017 It is impossible to hold these three statements at the same time: 1) “God wants all people to be saved”, 2) “God shows people a path of salvation”, and 3) “Anyone who does not follow this

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The Plans for the City of the Dead in Cairo

Ahmed Gomaa Doctor from al-Azhar University icon-calendar Tuesday November 28ᵗʰ, 2017 The city of Cairo has this special feature of having neighborhoods in cemeteries where you can also find mosques, schools for teaching the Qurʾān, steam rooms, and palaces, which amazed Ibn Ǧubayr (d. 614/1217) in his Riḥla. This phenomenon,

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