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Volume 17, Issue 1
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The broad European interest in the emergence and presence of Islam and Muslims goes back to the centuries immediately following Muslim conquests and spread through the Mediterranean (from the first century AH / seventh century ). A number of studies in the previous decades have discussed the perceptions and evaluations of Islam by Europeans, from the Middle Ages till modern times, occasionally focusing on the Qur’ān. How the Islamic holy text was known, collected in manuscripts, translated, read, used and polemically discussed in its contents from the twelfth century until contemporary times is a chapter of European intellectual activity. Recent research and above all the projects financed by the European commission, which are currently being carried out, are a contribution to the study of the Qur’ān and in particular to the history of the presence of the Qur’ān in European consciousness. In this field the project ‘The European Qur’an’ is particularly significant; it has the ambition to demonstrate how the reading and uses of the Qur’ān were important in the intellectual, cultural and religious developments of Europe through the ages.

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L’ampio interesse da parte dell’Europa verso la comparsa e la presenza dell’Islam e dei musulmani risale ai secoli immediatamente successivi alle conquiste dei musulmani nel Mediterraneo (dal I sec. AH / VII sec. d.C.). Numerosi studi nel corso dei decenni passati hanno discusso le percezioni e i giudizi sull’Islam da parte degli europei, dal Medioevo ai tempi moderni, talvolta concentrandosi sul Corano. Come il testo sacro islamico sia stato conosciuto, raccolto in manoscritti, tradotto, letto, utilizzato e discusso polemicamente nei suoi contenuti dal XII secolo fino all’epoca contemporanea rappresenta un capitolo significativo dell’attività intellettuale europea. Le recenti ricerche e soprattutto i progetti finanziati dalla Commissione europea, attualmente in corso, sono un contributo allo studio del Corano è in particolare alla storia della presenza del Corano nella consapevolezza europea. In questo ambito e particolarmente significativo il progetto ‘The European Qur’an’ che ha l’ambizione di dimostrare come la lettura e l’uso del Corano siano stati importanti negli sviluppi intellettuali, culturali e religiosi dell’Europa attraverso i secoli.

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