Priester und Sufis: unerwartete Verbindungen

Some of the foremost scholars in Islamic mysticism have been Catholic priests and religious. Yet this sustained engagement raises several questions. Can one enter the spiritual universe of another faith while remaining firmly anchored in one’s own? And how did the Sufis respond to this enduring interest in their teachings? This was the subject of the conference that Riccardo Paredi convened in Cairo on June 6-7, 2026 at the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies, as part of the SEMENSUF project hosted at the Catholic University of Milan.