Visiting Professor Dr. Raid Al-Daghistani (born in 1983 in Ljubljana) studied philosophy in Ljubljana and Freiburg as well as Arabic and Islamic studies in Sarajevo and Münster, where he first obtained his master's degree (Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali: Erkenntnislehre und Lebensweg, Freiburg in Br., Kalam 2011), then his doctorate (Epistemologie des Herzens: Erkenntnisaspekte der islamischen Mystik, Köln, Ditib 2017), and in 2024 completed his post-doctoral degree (Habilitation) on the topic of Islamic mysticism and mystical theology (Der (un)erkannte Gott: Die Grundzüge der mystischen Theologie ʿAbd al-Ǧabbār an-Niffarīs, Baden-Baden, Karl Alber 2024).

He is currently a visiting professor at the Paderborn Institute for Islamic Theology (Paderborner Institut für Islamische Theologie, PIIT) at the University of Paderborn. He also works as a visiting lecturer at the Institute for Islamic Theology and Religious Education (Institut für Islamische Theologie und Religionspädagogik, IITR) at the University of Innsbruck, and as an external collaborator at the Faculty of Theology (TEOF) at the University of Ljubljana.

Raid Al-Daghistani is the author of six monographs, three translations, and numerous scientific articles in Slovenian, German, and English. His primary areas of teaching and research are Islamic mysticism (Sufism), mystical theology, Kalām, the epistemology of religious experiences, classical Arab-Islamic philosophy, Islamic anthropology, Sufi ethics, the body and corporeality in Islamic spirituality, and the question of interreligious dialogue.

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Selected bibliography for the last five years (2020-2025).

ARTICLES AND OTHER COMPONENT PARTS

1.01 Original scientific article

1. AL-DAGHISTANI, Raid. The mysticism of Arabic calligraphy : a love affair between the reed pen and Sufism. Majallat al-ʹimara wa al-funun wa al-ʹulum al-insaniyyat. [Online ed.]. Winter 2021, vol. 6, issue 25, str. 524-529. ISSN 2357-0342. https://mjaf.journals.ekb.eg/article_128158_b41b7f807666be17680fa3c9b59cb705.pdf, DOI: 10.21608/MJAF.2020.24502.1523. [COBISS.SI-ID 64056579]

1.12 Published scientific conference contribution abstract

2. AL-DAGHISTANI, Raid. Female and the feminine element in the Islamic spiritual tradition : historical, theological and metaphysical fragments. In: PLATOVNJAK, Ivan (ed.). Women and spirituality : international scientific conference : Ljubljana, May 25th, 2024, on-line : program and abstracts. [S. l.: s. n.], 2024. Str. 12. https://www.teof.uni-lj.si/uploads/Booklet%20-%20WOMEN%20AND%20SPIRITUALITY%20(1).pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 196693507]
3. AL-DAGHISTANI, Raid. The wisdom of futuwwa : teaching and practice of "spiritual chivalry" in Sufism = Modrost futuwwe : nauk in praksa "duhovnega viteštva" v sufizmu. In: ŽALEC, Bojan (ed.), ŠTIVIĆ, Stjepan (ed.). Program in povzetki = Program and abstracts. Ljubljana: Teološka fakulteta, 2022. Str. 15-16. [COBISS.SI-ID 130096643]

1.16 Independent scientific component part or a chapter in a monograph

4. AL-DAGHISTANI, Raid. The concept of trust from a Sufi perspective. In: PETKOVŠEK, Robert (ed.), ŽALEC, Bojan (ed.). Hope and trust in times of global despair and mistrust. Berlin: Lit, cop. 2023. Str. 205-213, 232. Theology East - West, vol. 31. ISBN 978-3-643-91506-1. [COBISS.SI-ID 170285571]

1.22 Interview

5. AL-DAGHISTANI, Raid (interviewee). O resnični podobi muslimanske ženske : o resnični podobi muslimanske ženske in njeni vlogi v islamski družbi smo se pogovarjali z islamologom dr. Raidom Al-Daghistanijem ... Sensa. [Spletna izd.]. 28. 9. 2020, ilustr. ISSN 2591-040X. https://sensa.metropolitan.si/osebna-rast/zenska-v-islamu/. [COBISS.SI-ID 65155843]

1.25 Other component parts

6. AL-DAGHISTANI, Raid. Ta kriza lahko porodi novega človeka. Sensa. [Spletna izd.]. 14. 4. 2020, ilustr. ISSN 2591-040X. https://sensa.metropolitan.si/osebna-rast/ta-kriza-lahko-porodi-novega-cloveka/. [COBISS.SI-ID 65161475]

MONOGRAPHS AND OTHER COMPLETED WORKS

2.02 Professional monograph

7. AL-DAGHISTANI, Raid. Razmišljanja o islamu : zbrani eseji. Ljubljana: KUD Logos, 2023. 123 str. Knjižna zbirka Collectanea, 13. ISBN 978-961-7155-13-6. [COBISS.SI-ID 139346947]

SECONDARY AUTHORSHIP

Translator

8. AN-NIFFARI, 'Abd al-Ğabbar. Knjiga mističnih postajališč in nagovorov = Kitab al-Mawaqif wa-l-Muhatabat. Ljubljana: KUD Logos, 2020. 128 str. Knjižna zbirka KUD Logos, 74. ISBN 978-961-7096-42-2. [COBISS.SI-ID 24436227]

Author of introduction, etc.

9. KOS, Viktorija. Skrivno védenje Rumija in Kabirja. 2. izd. Ljubljana: Društvo Razcvet zavesti, 2023. 330 str., ilustr. ISBN 978-961-94901-2-9. [COBISS.SI-ID 166319363]
10. AN-NIFFARI, 'Abd al-Ğabbar. Knjiga mističnih postajališč in nagovorov = Kitab al-Mawaqif wa-l-Muhatabat. Ljubljana: KUD Logos, 2020. 128 str. Knjižna zbirka KUD Logos, 74. ISBN 978-961-7096-42-2. [COBISS.SI-ID 24436227]

Selected bibliography for the last five years (2020-2025).
Last updated: 20. 10. 2025

Full bibliography (IZUM/SICRIS)

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