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Salim Daccache

Fr. Salim Daccache, a Lebanese Jesuit, is the delegate of the Province of the Middle East to his general Congregation. After studying at the Saint Joseph University he was awarded a doctorate at the Sorbonne. He teaches philosophy and theology at the Saint Joseph University where he is dean of the Faculty of Religious Sciences. He also directs the Jesuit publishing house of Beirut. Since 2009 he has been director of the Centre de documentation et de recherches arabes chrétiennes of Beirut; he is director ad interim of the Institut de Lettres Orientales. From August 2012, Fr. Daccache is the Saint Joseph University dean.

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Middle East and Africa

Lebanon’s Response to Religious Violence

While intellectuals are debating on the jihadist wave that has also destabilized the Land of Cedars, the Lebanese Islamic institutions seem to be resisting this threat.

24.10.2018

Salim Daccache

Christians in the Muslim World

The Eastern Christians’ Role in the Creation of a New Social Space

Al-Azhar’s declaration opens the door to a new concept of citizenship that unites Christians and Muslims. A beginning, but not yet a turning point

18.04.2018

Salim Daccache

Islam

"Beirut Covered in Trash Speaks of an Arab World in Crisis"

The roots of the conflict that has struck Lebanon go deep into the history of its peoples, their memories and the policies of their leaders, commentaries on sacred texts and education

24.11.2015

Salim Daccache

Middle East and Africa

Lebanon: Why Should the Lebanese Identity be Reinvented?

To deal with the impact of the events which are shaking the Middle East, Lebanon is called to reform its institutions abandoning the confessional logic on which they are based and rethinking the pact of cohabitation of the diverse communities which form it.

07.04.2014

Salim Daccache

Middle East and Africa