About Me

Dr. Tijani Boulaouali is a university lecturer, researcher, author, and coordinator of the Master’s program in World Religions and Islamic Theology at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven. He is an active member of several leading academic institutions, including the Leuven Centre for the Study of Islam, Culture and Society (LCSICS), the Research Unit of Arabic and Islamic Studies, and the Netherlands Interuniversity School for Islamic Studies (NISIS). In addition to his academic roles, he serves as chairman of the Ijtihad Center for Studies and Training in Belgium and as Editor-in-Chief of the Ijtihad Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies in Europe.

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Research

The Biblical Reference Frameworks of Contemporary Dutch Translators of the Qur'an (PhD Project)

Tijani Boulaouali obtained his PhD from the Faculty of Arts at KU Leuven in Belgium on October 28, 2019. His research focused on The Biblical Reference Frameworks of Contemporary Dutch Translators of the Qur'an, in which he examined 50 common theological and legal concepts shared between the Bible and the Qur'an.

The Shared Ethical, Intellectual and Historical Values ​​between Islam and the West and Their Role in Promoting International Peace (the European Studies Program)

The Arabic and Islamic library has been enriched by a collective work consisting of three volumes, supervised and edited by Dr. Tijani Boulaouali, a university lecturer, researcher, and coordinator of Islamic Theology at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven in Belgium. This work was published at the beginning of 2025 in Cairo. It falls within the framework of “the European Studies Program,” whose first scientific project is dedicated to the study of Islam in Europe and the West, including Islam’s pioneering role in fostering international peace.

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