news 2023 marks the 70ᵗʰ anniversary of IDEO. What better way to celebrate this milestone than by announcing the establishment, on October 1ˢᵗ, of a Chair named after Father Anawati, our Egyptian founder from Alexandria? With the support of the European Union Delegation, this Chair embarks on the ambitious mission

From September 18ᵗʰ to 23ʳᵈ, in Marseille, the Rencontres de la Méditerranée (Mediterranean Encounters) breathed new life into exchanges, sharing, reflection and friendship. Two IDEO members took part in the Scientific Council: Jean Jacques Pérennès, OP who is about to step down as director of the French School for Biblical

Hesham el-Sheikh, Mona Sabry, Emmanuel Pisani, OP On August 31, 2023, within the walls of IDEO, Mr. Hesham el-Sheikh defended his Higher Diploma. An Azhar student and preacher, he completed three years of studies at the Catholic Institute of Paris (ICP). The presiding jury was made up of Mrs. Mona

On the 15ᵗʰ of June, the general assembly of the association Friends of IDEO took place. Much more than a mere administrative formality, it represented the moment where dedication and support for IDEO’s unique mission were reaffirmed. By sharing the achievements of the past year, we have compiled a rich

The question of the relationship with others and their status is one of the most salient criteria for approaching the vitality and openness of a religious tradition. The Qurʾān and Qurʾānic interpretation (tafsīr) offer historical and theological resources for the history of belief, the apprehension of other religions and the

The Scientific Council of the MIDEO was held on April 28ᵗʰ under the leadership of its director, Dennis Halft, OP a professor of theology at the University of Trier, who is carefully and zealously preparing a conference on the reception of Nostra Aetate next year. For the past ten years,

Miniature tirée de : ‘Les meilleures sentences et les plus précieux dictons’ d’al-Mubashir 13ᵉ s., conservé au Palais de Topkapi à İstanbul. For several years, the IDEO has been offering scholarships to allow students to benefit from the framework and the resources of our Institute for their research on the Islamic

At the end of February, we welcomed eleven researchers from Europe, Lebanon and Canada, representing their research laboratories on Islam and members of the board of PLURIEL. They came to prepare for the conference to be held in Abu Dhabi in 2024, and which will evaluate the political and theological

The Book Fair is always an extraordinary event in the Egyptian cultural life and this year is no exception. Hundreds of exhibitors, maybe more than last year, thousands of visitors, finally freed from the constraints linked to Covid, a perfect organization, which granted this year to the IDEO a special

Adrien Candiard, OP in front of a distinguished jury, defended last December his PhD thesis under the direction of Christian Jambet at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE). The topic was highly scholarly and not without consonance with the Dominican motto: “The Concept of Truth in Ibn Taymiyya’s Darʾ