Abstract
The aim of this lecture is threefold. First, to make the link between IDEO and the very first century of the Dominican Order and its involvement in studying Muslim authors for a better understanding of Islamic theology and philosophy. Second, to present the most recent research attesting the Biblical background of the Islamic religion and the Qur'ân, so that we are able to understand what Christians have in common with Muslims, and what the fundamental differences are. And third, the involvement of members of the Dominican Institute in dialogue with Muslims in the twentieth and twenty first centuries, based on the teachings of Vatican II, and in particular, the Declaration Nostra Aetate and the Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium. Following the second part of this presentation, it appears clearly that the presentation of Islam in the text of the Declaration is in perfect conformity with modern research on the historical background of the Qur’ân and his content. From this the actual members of IDEO are confident to be faithful to their mission statement: Involvement in the pastoral mission of the Church and seeking to overcome misunderstandings and violence, undertaking study of Christian and Islamic sources, so that Muslims and Christians can live together in peace and truth, as they worship the One God.
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