Mohammed Amine Smaili (محمد أمين الإسماعيلي) is a

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

theologian Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of ...

and specialist in international Muslim dogma and

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. Smaili was made professor at

Mohammed V University Mohammed V University (, ) is a public university in Rabat, Morocco. It was founded in 1957 under a royal decree ( Dahir). It is the first modern university in Morocco after the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez. It is named after Mohammed V of ...

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

and has held several positions, including Director of the Office of the Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs. Since 1994, his research and its relevance to peace and inter-religious dialogue has led to meeting officials of the Apostolic Nunciature to Morocco. Smaili's work has enabled him to attend and be involved in international meetings organized by the lay Catholic association, ''

Community of Sant'Egidio The Community of Sant'Egidio () is a lay Catholic association dedicated to social service, founded in 1968 under the leadership of Andrea Riccardi. The group grew and in 1973 was given a home at the former Carmelite monastery and church of ...

''. In 2008 in Cyprus, Smaili was a panel member for the audience event, ''Peace in the Mediterranean: Faiths, Conflicts and the Challenge of Coexistence''. And in 2010 Smaili was a guest at ''The Islamic-Christian dialogue today'', a Conference held at the Auditori del Palau Falguera in Barcelona.
September 11 Religions in Dialogue for Peace
' Smaili has written five books, including ''Imam Malik'' and ''Imam Ahmed Hanbal Bnou''.

References

Living people Academic staff of Mohammed V University Academic staff of the University of Hassan II Casablanca Year of birth missing (living people) {{morocco-bio-stub