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Meet the Muslim theologian who teaches Catholic missionaries

"My daily life is dialogue: continuous dialogue with my colleagues, with my students"

Filipe d’Avillez
Feb 11, 2026
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Adnane Mokrani is a Muslim and a professor of Islamic Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

Born in Tunisia and raised in Algeria, he has been living and working in Rome for three decades. He has met with every pope during that time and is often called on to advise Vatican institutions, or to speak about Islam to Catholic movements, un…

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