A Muslim Approach to Religious Diversity and Salvation in the late 17th and Early 18th Centuries: ‘Abd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1641–1731) on Christianity and Christian Theology
holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge (2008), where she also worked as a Junior Research Fellow (Trinity Hall) between 2007–2010. She is currently working on her book project, based on her PhD thesis, “A Medieval Muslim Commentary on the Bible: Najm al-Dīn al-Tūfī’s (d. 716/1316) Response to the Christians”. She previously studied Christian Theology in Rome and obtained her Licentiate degree (2004) and Post-graduate Diploma (2003) from the Pontifical Gregorian University. She was also a visiting student at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas/Angelicum (2002–2003). Prior to that, she received her MA (2000) and BA (1998) degrees in Islamic Theology from Marmara University in Istanbul. Her research examines Muslim-Christian theological interactions in the pre-modern period. She has also taught at the University of Cambridge and the Cambridge Muslim College. Since 2002 she has been actively involved in the field of interfaith dialogue.
Demiri's research project for the EUME fellowship in Berlin is entitled “A Muslim Approach to Religious Diversity and Salvation in the late 17th and Early 18th Centuries: ‘Abd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1641–1731) on Christianity and Christian Theology”.
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