Rachid Benzine is fphilosopher, political scientist, Islamologist and researcher. And, first of all, a humanist, who is interested in interpreting religious texts, throughout history, and extracting from them the common ground for societies torn apart by division, like France, or by violence, like Israel and Gaza. The university professor is also a reference for liberal Islam and dialogue between religions, associated with Fonds Paul Ricœur, in Paris. Author of essays and non-fiction (with Les Nouveaux Penseurs de l’islam and Le Coran explains aux jeunesfor example), was renowned as a playwright and novelist, and places the human condition, memory, war and dignity in the face of trauma at the center of his work.
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