Mohamed Badredine Tachouche, Ph.D.
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Adjunct Lecturer
- Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Letensk谩 120/5
Mohamed Badredine Tachouche (Badr) is a researcher, lecturer, writer, and vocalist. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Islamic Studies in the Department of Middle Eastern and African Studies, Faculty of Arts, at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic, where he collaborates with anthropologists as an expert in Islamic history and theology. He is also a Research Fellow with the Islam and Liberty Network in Malaysia, where his work explores Islamic legal thought from interdisciplinary perspectives, including its historical genealogy across the Mediterranean and contemporary debates on its challenges and reform.
He holds a Ph.D. in Humanities, specializing in History and Heritage: Islamic Studies, from the University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah in Morocco, as well as an M.A. and a B.A. in the Foundations of Islamic Jurisprudence and a Baccalaureate in Literature and Foreign Languages, with a focus on French and English. His academic education has been complemented by traditional studies at madrasas in Algeria and Morocco, including at the historic Al-Qarawiyyin University in Fez. He has also taught dozens of classical texts in Arabic and Islamic literature, poetry, theology, and history. His academic formation includes visits to institutions in Turkey, Mauritania, and Tunisia, and he holds several Ij膩z膩t, or teaching licenses with authenticated chains of transmission, in classical Islamic texts.
At Anglo-American University, he teaches Composition 101 and 102 and contributes to academic events and activities related to history and philosophy.
Badr has presented his research at the University of Exeter, the University of Toronto, the University of Sarajevo, Universit茅 de Limoges in France, Charles University in Prague, including the Protestant Theological Faculty, the Czech Academy of Sciences, Al-Azhar University, the European Academy of Religion, and other academic institutions and international forums. He has also presented at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair in the United Arab Emirates, the African Peace Conference in Nouakchott, Mauritania, and cultural and artistic events, including the Animator Film Festival in Poland, the Manchester Immigration Exhibition, and the ICICH/ICOMOS Symposium in Italy.
His research focuses on Islamic intellectual history, Islamic jurisprudence and legal thought, traditional Islamic education and madrasa pedagogy, the preservation and resilience of material and intangible cultures, religious groups, radicalism and ideological polarization, and Sufi and Andalusian cultural and artistic traditions. His work connects classical Islamic scholarship and textual traditions with contemporary questions of education, pluralism, freedom, and religious thought.
Alongside his academic work, he has presented on Andalusian and Sufi music and performed in Arabic, Berber, French, Turkish, and Hebrew at international concerts and workshops. He has written and hosted television and web programs and documentaries and has contributed to cultural and artistic projects. In his free time, he enjoys playing classical instruments, editing medieval manuscripts, and watching Depuis Quand and J鈥檌rai Dormir Chez Vous!.
Publications
- Tachouche, M. B. (2025). Exploring the significance of Andalusian 尘耻飞补蝉丑蝉丑补岣ツ乼 and 补锄箩腻濒 in the study of Islamic theology: A case study of 鈥淛膩daka al-Ghayth鈥 by Lis膩n al-D墨n ibn al-Kha峁玝 (1313鈥1374). Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, 25(1), 133鈥157.
- Tachouche, M. B. (2026). The Other Saint of Hippo: S墨d墨 B奴 Marw膩n al-B奴n墨 between al-Durra al-Ma峁E玭a and Salafization. In Kulty sv臎tc暖 a sv臎tic ve sv臎t臎 muslim暖 (pp. 31鈥67). Department of Middle Eastern and African Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of West Bohemia.
- Tachouche, B., Tlili, V., Sobotkov谩, V., Pelik谩n, P., Ramadan, I., Kvasnovsk谩, R., Kordov谩, A., Ilkov谩, T., Sulovsk媒, I., Siegel, M., & Fous, M. (2025). Poh艡ebn铆 ritu谩ly a smrt ve sv臎t臎 muslim暖 (EN: Funeral Rituals and Death in the Muslim World). University of West Bohemia Press.
- Tachouche, M. B., & Tlili, V. (2025). Traditional Islam Facing Radical Islam: Pedagogical and Ethical Practices in Souss Fiqh Madrasas. Toronto Democracy Forum 2025 Research Papers. World Anti-Extremism Network.
- Tachouche, M. B. (2026). Unmosquing the West: Traditional Islam, Proselytism, and the Mausoleum of al-Sh膩fi士墨. Edraak, Islam and Liberty Network.
- Tachouche, M. B. (2026). Napoleon鈥檚 Flotilla: Decolonizing the Concept of Freedom in the Muslim World. Edraak, Islam and Liberty Network.
- 胤卮賵卮貙 賲丨賲丿 亘丿乇 丕賱丿賷賳. (2023). 賮鬲賵賶 賲丕乇丿賳 賵賮賯賴 丕賱兀賯賱賷丕鬲 亘賷賳 賯丕毓丿丞 丕賱囟乇賵乇丞 賵囟乇賵乇丞 丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丕鬲. 賲丐爻爻丞 賲丐賲賳賵賳 亘賱丕 丨丿賵丿. (EN: The Mardin Fatwa and the Jurisprudence of Minorities between the Principle of Necessity and the Need for Reassessment).
- 胤卮賵卮貙 賲丨賲丿 亘丿乇 丕賱丿賷賳. (2022). 孬賱丕孬賷丞 丕賱賮賳丕亍: 丕賱丿毓賵賶 賵丕賱丿毓賵丞 賵丕賱毓丿賵丕賳貙 丕賱兀氐賵賱 丕賱丕毓鬲賯丕丿賷丞 賱賱廿賯氐丕亍 丕賱丿賷賳賷 賵丕賱丕爻鬲賲丿丕丿丕鬲 丕賱賮賯賴賷丞 賱賱丕爻鬲賯胤丕亘 丕賱兀賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷. 賲丐爻爻丞 賲丐賲賳賵賳 亘賱丕 丨丿賵丿. (EN: The Trilogy of Annihilation: Claim, Proselytism, and Aggression鈥擳he Doctrinal Foundations of Religious Exclusion and the Juridical Foundations of Ideological Polarization).
- Tachouche, M. B. (2026). Ijtih膩d as a Space for Freedom and Reason in Islamic Thought (Part 1). Interview, Islam and Liberty Podcast, Islam and Liberty Network.
- Tachouche, M. B. (2026). Ijtih膩d as a Space for Freedom and Reason in Islamic Thought (Part 2). Interview, Islam and Liberty Podcast, Islam and Liberty Network.
- Tachouche, M. B. (2022). A Song and a Story. Web documentary on Arabic and Islamic poetry and music. Writer, host, and co-producer.
- Tachouche, M. B., & Tlili, V. From Silence to Resilience: Ethical and Pedagogical Practices in Southern Maghrebi Madrasas. Accepted for publication in Asian and African Studies.
- Tachouche, M. B., & Tlili, V. The Role of Dialogue in Cultivating Human Consciousness: Perspectives from Classical and Contemporary Islamic Jurists. The Muslim World.
- Tachouche, M. B. Genealogy of Islamic Legal Thought in Europe: Lessons for Muslim Communities in an Era of Division. In the proceedings of the 12th Islam and Liberty Network Conference, Living Together Peacefully in a Free Society, Sarajevo International University.
- Tachouche, M. B., & Tlili, V. Imhdaren: Pedagogy, Society, and Ecology in South Moroccan Madrasas.
- Tachouche, M. B. When the Moon Calls: A M膩lik墨 Fatwa on Crescent Verification and the Role of Technology in Islamic Legal Thought: A Critical Edition of an Unpublished Manuscript by Mu岣mmad al-Mukht膩r al-S奴s墨 (1900鈥1963).
- 胤卮賵卮貙 賲丨賲丿 亘丿乇 丕賱丿賷賳. 賰賵賲賳爻賰賷 賵丕賱賰賵賲賳賷賵賱賵噩賷丕: 兀賵賱 丿乇丕爻丞 毓乇亘賷丞. (EN: Comenius and Comeniology: The First Study in Arabic). Includes an Arabic translation of Czechoslovak President Tom谩拧 Garrigue Masaryk鈥檚 introduction to the commemorative Comenius publication of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 1928.