…Muslim qadi or royal bailiff? One often reads that within Medieval Muslim societies, dhimmi communities (Jews and Christians) had their own justice systems to settle internal disputes between members of their communities, and only turned to Muslim qadis when they came into conflict with Muslims (or Jews with Christians). And…
…Arabic in the nineteenth century : what stakes for Christianity and Islam in the Middle-East society since 1865?) Summary: The publication in 1865 in Beirut of the complete translation of the Bible into Arabic and its wide diffusion, supervised by the missionaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign…
…change the ways in which European religious diversity is taught (particularly at the secondary school level) and create forums for recognizing and discussing the nature of religious diversity in European society. We will create operational digital tools and applications, pedagogical material and sequences, expositions and public debates on the topics…
…legislation – both national and international – aiming to defend the freedom of speech for individuals and for groups.This legislation implies that, at well as the freedom of speech, the freedom of religion is protected, both at an individual and collective level. Freedom of religion can only be effectively guaranteed…
Summary: The Ethnographic Film and Media Program of the Middle East and Central Eurasia is held annually with the help of the Anthropology of the Middle East and Central Eurasia Network of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA). Its goal is to promote original works, movies and other visual…
…movement of secularisation, sometimes has led political, economic and cultural actors to not regard religious facts as social issues. Those representatives and agents feel helpless, facing situations they hadn’t foreseen. The university degree ‘Religion and atheism in a secularism context’ aims at providing them with knowledge necessary to comprehend the…
