Lecturer in Arabic at the Catholic University of Milan. In addition to numerous articles in specialist reviews, he is the author of various monographs, including Voci dell'Islam moderno (Marietti, Genoa 1991), Introduzione all'Islam (San Paolo, Milan, 1995) and Moschee Inquiete (Il Mulino, Bologna, 2003).
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