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Enes Karić

Enes Karić (born 1958 in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a professor of Qur’anic and Islamic Studies at Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo. From 1994-1996 he served as Minister of Education and Science in the Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2003, he was elected to the position of the Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies, Sarajevo, serving in this position until 2007. Dr. Karić has delivered lectures at Yale University, as well as at various universities in Ljubljana, Boston, Zagreb, Istanbul, and Leiden. During the 2008-2009 academic year, he was the Allianz Guest Professor of Islamic Studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. He has published dozens of books on the hermeneutics of the Qur’an, modern trends in Islam, and Islam and Europe among other topics. He is also the author of several well-received novels, including Songs of Wild Birds, The Jewish Cemetery, Man by Accident, Cherry Colors, Godʼs Slaves.

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[IMTF] Interreligious Neighborliness and Qur’an’s Spiritual “Neighborhood”

By Enes Karić // March 22, 2022March 22, 2023

Parts of what is called modern Europe saw the arrival of Jews and Judaism over two thousand years ago. Following which, approximately two thousand years ago, Europe saw the spread of Christianity. Christians of Jewish…