Muslim–Catholic dialogue in modern times

Source: KRM.

Vatican Engagements: A Muslim Theologian’s Journey in Muslim–Catholic Dialogue (volume I: 2016) brings together the writings of Dr Aref Ali Nayed, Libyan Ambassador to the UAE and Founder-director of Kalam Research & Media, tracing his engagement and dialogue with the Catholic church and with Catholic scholarship. 

Dr Aref lived for many years in Rome, Italy, where he studied Catholic theology and taught Islamic theology. For the last two decades, he has been an interlocutor with the Catholic tradition and a Muslim exponent of contemporary interfaith dialogue. This volume includes his critique of Pope Benedict XVI’s Regensburg lecture and the subsequent debate and engagement with Catholic scholars on a range of theological and interfaith issues. 

Dr Nayed’s writings are characterised by a profound respect for all people of faith along with a deep reverence for his own faith and the scholarly traditions of Islam, and reflect an acute awareness of the modern world and its intellectual currents.

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