{"id":15851,"date":"2026-02-19T11:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cas.um6p.ma\/?p=15851"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T11:10:40","slug":"averroes-and-maimonides-translating-religious-motives-into-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cas.um6p.ma\/?p=15851","title":{"rendered":"Averroes and Maimonides: Translating Religious Motives into Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><b>Ali Benmakhlouf<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><b>February 19, 2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies Los Angeles, CA<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div id=\"ld_freakin_image_69d787c22efd4\" class=\"lqd-frickin-img ld_freakin_image_69d787c22efd4\" data-inview=\"true\" data-inview-options='{ \"delayTime\": 250, \"threshold\": 0.75 }'>\n\t<div class=\"lqd-frickin-img-inner\">\n\n\t\t<span class=\"lqd-frickin-img-bg\"><\/span><!-- \/.lqd-frickin-img-bg -->\n\t\t<div class=\"lqd-frickin-img-holder\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/cas.um6p.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UCLA-AB.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cas.um6p.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UCLA-AB.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cas.um6p.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UCLA-AB-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cas.um6p.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UCLA-AB-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" itemprop=\"image\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t<\/div><!-- \/.lqd-frickin-img-inner -->\n<\/div><!-- \/.lqd-frickin-img -->[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UM6P &#8211; Center for African Studies (CAS) is pleased to highlight the participation of Professor Ali Benmakhlouf in the Averroes Lecture Series hosted by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies On February 19, 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his lecture, \u201cAverroes and Maimonides: Translating Religious Motives into Philosophy,\u201d he examines how two major 12th-century thinkers approached a shared intellectual challenge: transforming religious motifs into structured philosophical argument. Their responses differed and it is precisely in those differences that the debate becomes illuminating.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d787c22f1b8\" data-id=\"69d787c22f1b8\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.international.ucla.edu\/cnes\/event\/17477\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-solid btn-hover-txt-switch btn-hover-txt-switch-y btn-md circle border-thick btn-has-label ld_button_69d787c22f229\" >\n\t<span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"btn-txt\" data-text=\"Link to event\" data-split-text=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t    data-split-options='{\"type\": \"chars, words\"}'>Link to event<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t<span class=\"btn-icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-square-alt\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d787c22f2f7\" data-id=\"69d787c22f2f7\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ali Benmakhlouf February 19, 2026 UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies Los Angeles, CA [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] The UM6P &#8211; Center for African Studies (CAS) is pleased to highlight the participation of Professor Ali Benmakhlouf in the Averroes Lecture Series hosted by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies On February 19, 2026. 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