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Krzysztof Kościelniak (born on August 7, Rabka, Poland ) – a Catholic priest, full Professor of History (History of the Orient, Asian Studies, Islamic Studies, History of Religion, History of the Oriental Orthodox and Catholic Churches). Currently, a full professor at the Jagiellonian University (Faculty of International and Political Studies ) and full professor at the John Paul II Pontifical Academy (UPJPII) in Kraków (lecturing at the Faculty of Theology, the Faculty of History and Cultural Heritage as well as the Faculty of Social Sciences), full professor in the Seminary of the Pauline Fathers in Kraków.

Education and research experience
Elementary education in Raba Niżna, Poland. Graduated from the Technical College of Forestry in Stary Sącz (1985), studied at the Higher Theological Seminary of the Archdiocese of Kraków (1985-1991) and the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Kraków (PAT; since 2009 the John Paul II Pontifical University – UPJPII), received a Master’s degree in 1991 , Licentiate of Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) – the second cycle of studies at the Faculty of Theology in 1992. Further studies at: the Institute of Oriental Philology, Jagiellonian University (1995-1996), Institut für Sprachen und Kulturen des Vorderen Orients, Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany (1996-1997), Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d’Islamistica – Arabic Study Centre Cairo, Egypt (1997-1998); Franciscan Center of Christian Oriental Studies, Cairo, Egypt (1997-1998). Ph.D. (Religiology) in 1999 from the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Academy of Theology. Habilitation (postdoctoral dissertation) in the Humanities, History of the Orient, 2001, Faculty of History and Cultural Heritage (PAT). Research long-term stay in Syria (2002-2003: Teaching Arabic for Non-Arabic Speakers, Ministry of Education, SAR – Damascus, and the Institut Français etudes Arabes de Damas). Professorship obtained in 2004/2005 (Full Professor) – Faculty of History, Jagiellonian University. Various research stays, including Syria (a dozen times in 2004-2011), Rome (January-February 2000), French Polynesia (August-September 2001), London (2005/2006), New Zealand (January–September 2008: Auckland, Christchurch). Studies of the Muslim minority in Xīnjiāng (China, August–September, 2012) and Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat (southern Thailand, September 2013); studies of religious minorities in Turkey (August 2013 and September 2015). In the 2016-2017 academic year a sabbatical in Taiwan, a lecturer at Fu Jen University and Tamkang University, Taipei (2017).

Activities in the Catholic Church
Ordained as a priest on 18 May 1991 (by Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, in the Wawel Cathedral). Pastoral work and assistance: 1990-1991 (as a deacon) the Parish of Saint Elizabeth in Jaworzno-Szczakowa; 1991-1994 (a pastoral assistant) in the Parish of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Oświęcim (Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec); 1994: incardination to the Archdiocese of Kraków; 1995-1997 (in summer months) in Broc and Vuippens (Diocèse de Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg, Switzerland); 1997- the Latin Church of the Assumption Ataba, Muskie, Cairo (Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria of Egypt, Egypt), 2002- the Franciscan Church Bab Toma, Damascus (Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo, Syria), since 2004, each year (in summer months) in the Diocese of Sankt Pölten, mainly Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt, Pöchlarn (Austria). During his research stays he experienced Catholic communities in Germany, England, French Polynesia, New Zealand, Turkey and Taiwan. 1994-2010 (periods of residence in Poland) assistance in the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Kraków–Mistrzejowice. Currently, he lives in the Parish of All Saints in Kraków (since 1995) and the Parish of St. Nicholas in Skrzydlna (Diocese of Tarnów, since 2010).

Jagiellonian University
In 2004, an assistant professor at the Faculty of International and Political Studies; since full professor ; since 2011, Head of the Department of the Middle East and North Africa, in 2012-2016 a member of the Professor Contract Commission, the Interim Evaluation Commission and the Financial Committee of the Faculty .A reviewer for ‘Politeja,’ the periodical of the JU Faculty of International and Political Studies. In 2012-2016, Head of the Institute of the Middle and Far East, he contributed to the creation of Asian Studies (unique in Poland) and new modules in the framework of these studies: Indian and South Asian Studies, Korean Studies, Modern Jewish and Israeli Studies (besides Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Studies of the Arab World). He visited dozens of universities in the Middle and Far East, contributing to the development of staff and student mobility. He organized or co-organized several student summer schools in Syria, Morocco, Thailand, Malaysia, Kurdistan, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.

Pontifical Academy of Theology (since 2009 the John Paul II Pontifical University in Kraków)
Since lecturer at the Faculty of Theology, the Faculty of Philosophy, the Faculty of History and Cultural Heritage, Faculty of Social Sciences, (Department of Ecclesiology since 2011). In 1994-1995, Secretary of the Council of the Faculty of Theology, Secretary of the Faculty of Theology; lecturer-assistant (teaching, conducting classes concerning the history of religion, religious studies and others) at the Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue (1995-1998), Assistant Professor at the Faculty Theology (1999-2001), Assistant Professor (2001-2005) and Full Professor (2006-2009 at the Faculty of History and Cultural Heritage (2009-2011). In 2004-2011, Head of Doctoral Studies and Head of the Department of the History of Religion in the Middle and Far East at the Faculty of History and Cultural Heritage. Membership in the board of directors of the Centre for Dialogue in Oświęcim (1999-2001); board member of the John Paul II Institute for Intercultural Dialogue (2010-2014). Founder and editor-in-chief of the scientific journal ‘Orientalia Christiana Cracoviensia’ (2009-2012; in 2012 the periodical changed its profile ); founder and editor of the series of Oriental sources ‘Orientalia Christiana Cracoviensia-Fontes’ (2010-2012) and the series of monographs ‘Orientalia Christiana Cracoviensia – Monographie’ (2010-2012). In 2005-2011, he organized several student summer schools in Syria.

International expert activities
He was invited as an expert in numerous international forums, including the Congress of EPP Group in the European Parliament in Venice, in Qatar (Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue) , in Jordan (Al-Rai Center for Studies, Jordan Europe Business Association) , the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Malaysia (Islamic Science University of Malaysia). He delivered ca. 120 scientific papers in Polish, English, French and German in Poland and other countries. He has given many interviews.

Modernization of Islam and democracy in Muslim states
He has examined models of modernization of Islam in a dynamic context, the processes of democratization in today’s Islamic world, especially the role that political Islam plays in processes of democratization in the Muslim world, what influenced the status of religious minorities , elements of democracy in the Islamic world , the attempts of the separation of religion and state (‘un-Islamic’ phenomenon) , the differences between Christian and Muslim perceptions of secularization and its practical application in the Muslim countries.

Muslim migrants in Poland and Europe
He has presented cultural, ethnic, and mental diversities of Muslim immigrants in Poland and diversities within Muslim communities in the period of 1989-2014. He has systematized perspectives and challenges of migration of Muslims to Europe.

The condition of the Muslim minority in India and China
He has examined the consequences of the new phase of the Muslim-Hindu conflict after the establishment of Bharatiya Janata Party. He has presented the life of Afaq Khoja (1626-1694) in the historical context and the polemics about his role within the Muslim Uighur community in China.

The economic consequences of the ‘Arab Spring’ (2011-2013)
He has analyzed the degree of economic losses caused by the ‘Arab Spring’ (2011-2013) in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria and Libya.

Islamic theology and law
Author of several pioneering studies on Christian influences in Muslim tradition, the concept of time and calendar in Islam , Quranic demonology , the concept of al-ʿArāf (‘Muslim purgatory’). The fruit of his hard work is the first Polish Concordance of the Qurʾān. . He has presented the Qur'an hermeneutic in the world of Islam (understanding of revelation, types of exegesis and controversy surrounding the critical studies of the Quran), Islamic jurisprudence and the rules of Sunni Muslim theology aspects of divinization according to Farīd-al-dīn ʿAṭṭār Nīšāpūrī  (died ca. 1221). He has analyzed the concept of the universality of Islam, the Muslim eschatology , the problem of slavery in Islam , the status of women in Islam. He has translated and commented on several Hadiths See: Wybrane hadisy ze zbiorów kategorii al-kutub as-sitta – „sześciu ksiąg islamu, Część I: Tradycje ze zbioru As-Sahih Al-Buhārīego (zm. 870) [Selected hadiths from the collections of the category ‘six books of Islam’, part I: Traditions from the collection of As-Sahih Al-Buhārī (d. 870), Historical introduction, translation and commentary], in: ‘Collectanea Theologica’ 74(2004) pp. 137-148 [accessed: 10.07.2016];  ''[http://www.academia.edu/19107560/Wybrane_hadisy_ze_zbior%C3%B3w_kategorii_al-kutub_as-sitta_sze%C5%9Bciu_ksi%C4%85g_islamu_._II._Tradycje_ze_zbioru_A%E1%B9%A3-%E1%B9%A2a%E1%B8%A5%C4%AB%E1%B8%A5_Al-Muslima_zm._875_._Wst%C4%99p_historyczny_t%C5%82umaczenie_i_komentarz Część II: Tradycje ze zbioru As-Sahih Al-Muslima (zm. 875). Wstęp historyczny, tłumaczenie i komentarz]'' [Selected hadiths from the collections of the category ‘six books of Islam’, part II: Traditions from the collection of As-Sahih Al-Muslim (d. 875).  Historical introduction, translation and commentary] in:  ‘Collectanea Theologica’ 74(2004) pp. 148-154 [accessed: 10.07.2016]; ''[http://www.academia.edu/19107562/Wybrane_hadisy_ze_zbior%C3%B3w_kategorii_al-kutub_as-sitta_sze%C5%9Bciu_ksi%C4%85g_islamu_._III._Tradycje_ze_zbioru_Al-%C4%9E%C4%81mi_a%E1%B9%A3-%E1%B9%A2a%E1%B8%A5%C4%AB%E1%B8%A5_At-Tirmid%C4%ABego_zm._892_._Wst%C4%99p_historyczny_t%C5%82umaczenie_i_komentarz Część III: Tradycje ze zbioru Al-Ğāmi‘ as-Sahih At-Tirmidīego(zm. 892). Wstęp historyczny, tłumaczenie i komentarz]'' [Selected hadiths from the collections of the category al-kutub as-sitta –‘six books of Islam’, part III: Traditions from the collection of Al-Ğāmi‘ as-Sahih At-Tirmidī (d. 892). Historical introduction, translation and commentary], in: ‘Collectanea Theologica’ 74(2004) pp. 155-158 [accessed: 13.07.2016]; Chrześcijańskie wpływy na muzułmańską antropologię we wczesnym średniowieczu na przykładzie wybranych tradycji [The Christian influences  on Muslim anthropology in the early Middle Ages on  the some examples], in: ‘Folia Historica Cracoviensia’ 10(2004) pp. 221-226..

The interpretation of jihad
He has reviewed the concept of Jihad in Sunni sources (Qur'an, Sunnah) and the modern modifications and perceptions of Jihad in the Islamic world. He has proposed a dynamic and critical recognition of Jihad in various aspects (historical, theological and dialogue of life).

The history of Islam
The author of the history of Central Asia from the 6th to the 12th centuries and history of sub-Saharan Africa in the Middle Ages as parts of ‘The Great History of the World. The editor of the book on the achievements and failures of the Abbasids (750-1258), he has presented many meanings of history in the Muslim thought , and described Muhammad’s tomb in Medina in the 17th century (focusing on the relations of the Islamicised Polish men kidnapped by Turks to Egypt). He has also analyzed the contribution of Tadeusz Lewicki (1906-1992) to Islamic studies and the history of West Africa.

Christianity before Islam in the Arabian peninsula
Author of the first Polish monograph on Arab Christianity before Muhammad, studies on Christianity among the Arabs-nomads in the borderland Palestine before the Muslim conquest of Syria and Christian Arabic literature before the rise of Islam.

The history of the Melkite Church and the Maronite Church
He wrote the first Polish (and one of few works in the world) history of the Melkite Church from the Muslim conquest of Syria (634) to the Ottoman conquest of the Middle East (1516). He has showed the consequences of the Fourth Crusade for the Melkite Church, the contribution of the Melkite Church to Arab culture in the Middle Ages the presence of Melkite Christians in Central Asia, i.e. outside their traditional location. He has presented the Maronite Church in the Middle East as a bridge between the East and the West. The contribution of Christian Maronites to the famous Organic Statute of Lebanon (Règlement) in 1861 and 1864 and statistical changes of Christians in Lebanon and Syria in the twentieth century.

The Copts and Christianity in present-day Turkey and Egypt
He has analyzed changes of Coptic identity in Egypt, the pluralism of the Catholic Church in Egypt (which consists of several united Churches i.e. Eastern Catholic Churches as well as numerous congregations and religious orders) , the condition of Christian minorities in Turkey in the context Atatürk’s laicization reforms. .

The status and situation of Christians in the Muslim world
He has proved that the destruction of Christianity in the Middle East did not result from the Crusades but started from the Umayyads and the Abbasids periods. He has presented a mosaic of Oriental pre-Chalcedonian Churches and their history in the context of Islam, the ambivalent condition of Christians in the Muslim world , and persecutions of Christians during the reign of caliph Al-Hakim (996-1021).

Quranic demonology
His monograph on the evil spirits in the Bible and the Qur’an focuses on how Muhammad used the scheme of the biblical demonology. Prof. Kościelniak has discovered that Judeo-Christian demonology did not reach Muhammad (who never read the Bible) directly from the Bible but through the oral tradition, which was a derivative of the Apocrypha. After a long search in the world of apocryphal ideas, he has come across the apocryphal text of Bartholomew’s Gospel 52-55, which helped pass the biblical ideas on demonology to the Qur’an. Contrary to the earlier opinions, he has showed Monophysite tendencies in the Quranic demonology and the role of Ethiopian (ge’ez language) in the transmission of biblical terminology into the Quran See: ''[http://www.academia.edu/23414961/Z%C5%82e_duchy_w_Biblii_i_Koranie._Wp%C5%82yw_demonologii_biblijnej_na_koraniczne_koncepcje_szatana_w_kontek%C5%9Bcie_oddzia%C5%82ywa%C5%84_religii_staro%C5%BCytnych Złe duchy w Biblii i Koranie. Wpływ demonologii biblijnej na koraniczne koncepcje szatana w kontekście oddziaływań religii starożytnych]'' [Evil Spirits in the Bible and the Koran – the influence of biblical demonology on the Koranic conceptions of Satan in the context of interactions of the ancient religions], Kraków: UNUM 1999, [accessed: 1.07.2016]. research was consulted with Prof. G.R. Khoury (Islamic studies, Heidelberg), Prof. S. Maulem (Assyriology, Heidelberg) and dr M. Ajuso (Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d'Islamistica – Egipt). Apokryphishen (pseudoepigraphischen) Traditionen in die koranische Dämonologie [The apocryphal elements in Quranic demonology], in: ‘Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Komisji Naukowych Polskiej Akademii Nauk’, vol. XLIII/1, Kraków 2000, pp. 53-56 ( http://www.academia.edu/21652528/Apokryphischen_pseudoepigraphischen_Traditionen_in_der_koranischen_Daemonologie [accessed: 23.07.2016]); Der Einfluß der biblischen Dämonologie auf die koranische Vorstellung des Satans [The influence of biblical demonology on the Quranic conceptions of Satan] in: The Final Conference of the Mobility Joint European Project – Tempus PHARE, Student Mobility for the Study of Religious Interaction: CHRISTIANITY – JUDAISM – ISLAM, Kraków 1998, pp. 119-124 [accessed: 13.07.2016]; Rola apokryfów w procesie przenikania idei demonologii biblijnej do Koranu [The role of the apocrypha in the process of the penetration of the idea of the Biblical demonology into the Quran], in: ‘Przegląd Orientalistyczny’ 1-2/2000, pp. 61-81 [accessed: 19.07.2016]; New Testament Abstracts 44/3(2000) p. 626. . During the 22nd Congress of L’Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants he presented another apocryphal tradition in the Quranic demonology (from the Testament of Solomon).

Interaction between the Islamic tradition and Christianity
The author of the monograph ‘Muslim Tradition in the Background of the Christian-Islamic Acculturation from the 7th to the 10th Centuries. The Origin, History and Meaning of the New Testament Borrowings in the Hadiths.’. According to Prof. Janusz Danecki, it is the first comprehensive analysis of the New Testament borrowings in the Hadiths. This theme was also the subject of other publications. He has examined the interaction between the Qur’an and pre-Islamic Polytheistic and Christian beliefs, and Christian influences on Muslim anthropology in the early Middle Ages on the examples of selected Islamic traditions.

Biblical and early Christian elements in the Qur’an
He has suggested a new interpretation of the Old and New Testament elements in the Qur’an, a new hypothesis of Christian influences on some Muslim interpretations of al-ʿArāf (‘the Muslim purgatory’) and presented early Christian (Patristic) influences on the Qur’an. .

Muslim-Christian dialogue in in the context of human rights
He has primarily supported the dialogue of life (to a lesser extent, dogmatic dialogue) because theologians (especially Catholic theologians) do not exert a considerable influence on the condition of Christians in the Muslim world. Unlike many Catholic authors in Poland, who dodging difficult topics have reduced the Christian-Muslim dialogue to the analysis of John Paul II’s documents, he has drawn attention to the most relevant and practical elements of the dialogue: profound respect of human rights as well as the principles of reciprocity and fairness. He has seen the reality and the fruitfulness of the Christian-Islamic dialogue in the full acceptance of human rights. He has presented Quranic foundation for the acceptance of human rights in Islam, which should be the inspiration leading to the complete acceptance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Muslims. He has found an example of the dialogue of life between Christians and Muslims in the history of Lebanon (1861-1945) after the famous Organic Statute of Lebanon (Règlement) when different religious denominations existed successfully in one country. .

The history of Christian-Muslim relations
In Malaysia he published a study concerning the Polish experience of co-existence between Christians and Muslims, and in Jordan – the text on the contribution of Jordanian Christians and Polish Muslims to their societies. He has analyzed the sources depicting the seizure of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Damascus by Muslims during the reign of Caliph Walid II, the dynamism of the Muslim-Christian acculturation in the first centuries of Islam in the Middle East ,culture and religion in the Middle East in the first centuries of Islam according to Ibn Haldūn (1332-1406) , Christological aspects of the Christian-Islamic polemics from the early ages of Islam , the Muslim invasion of Rome and the profanation of St. Peter’s Basilica and Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (846), the causes of the destruction of Christian communities in the Muslim world before the Crusaders , the ambivalence of the position of Christians in the Muslim community , the destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem in 1009. He found reports on Poles abducted as children to Egypt (in the description of the Franciscan friar Anthony Gonzales from the year 1673). He has interpreted the praise of the crusaders’ attitude towards Muslims in Ibn Jubayr’s chronicle concerning his journey to the East (d. 1217). He has presented the significance of the Franciscans in the Middle East during the Mameluke epoch, the imitation of the Islamic ideology of Jihad in ‘Tactica’ by Emperor Leo VI (866-912) in the context of the Byzantine-Muslim struggles from the 7th till the 10th centuries , the missionary activities of Protestant Churches in the eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire in the first half of the 19th century , Western influences on the shaping of the political system in Lebanon in the second half of the 19th century. He is the author of the comparative historical work on secularization in Christian and Muslim world and analysis on differences between Islam and Christianity.

Theology and the history of religions, religious studies
The author of textbooks as part of the series ’Religions of the modern Middle and far East’; the first volume presents the complex of the phenomenon of religion, the second volume shows the comprehensive outline of Hinduism. He has also published the textbook on the Catholic theology of religions and has co-authored two textbooks on Catholic fundamental theology. He has compared the idea of martyrdom in several religions of the world. Investigated the contacts and interactions of the ancient Egyptians with the nomadic (Arab?) culture and elements of the ancient Egyptian demonology in religion in pre-Islamic Arabia.

Biblical studies
This range of publications is typical for his early research activities (mainly biblical demonology). He has analyzed the theme of evil spirits in the Bible, presented an exegesis of some fragments of the Gospel of John which has the term άρχων του̃ κόσμου τούτου (‘Lord of this world’). He has examined the connection between biblical demonology and ancient religions of the Middle East, and polemized with the theory of Gerald Messadié (Histoire générale du diable) that biblical demonology directly depends on Persian demonology. In addition to biblical demonology, he has conducted an exegesis of the Lord’s Prayer and other fragments of the New Testament which were incorporated into the Muslim tradition (Sunnah).

Membership in professional organizations
Member of the Association of European Arabists and Islamicists (L'Union Europeene des Arabisants st Islamisants – UEAI) ; the Committee of Oriental Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, (2011-2014, the member of the presidium of this committee) ; the Committee on Byzantine of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Scientific Society of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania ; the Association of the Fundamental Theologians in Poland and the Polish Theological Society in Kraków (both the Theological Commission and the Historical Commission), the John Paul II Intercultural Dialogue Institute in Kraków.

Distinctions
Several times received the first, second and third degree award of the Rector of the Jagiellonian University and the Rector of the John Paul II Pontifical University for his outstanding achievements in Oriental research and science education, as well as a Medal for Long Service second class (Poland).

Publications about Prof. Krzysztof Kościelniak

 * [Oxford Encyclopedia of Personalities of the Republic of Poland] Oxford Encyklopedia – Osobistości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, entry: Krzysztof Kościelniak, London: An Oxford Encyclopedia Publication 2016, pp. 555-556 (presentation of Prof. Krzysztof Kościelniak’s activities and achievements till 2016);
 * Polish Scholarly Bibliography (PBN) – the portal of the Polish Ministry of Science, Polska Bibliografia Naukowa PBN, Krzysztof Kościelniak (complete list of Prof. Krzysztof Kościelniak’s published scientific works), [accessed: 12.07.2016].
 * Academia, Krzysztof Kościelniak – Jagiellonian University – Department of the Middle and Far East (the majority of scientiﬁc publications of Krzysztof Kościelniak on-line): [accessed: 12.07.2016].
 * K. Kaucha, Kościelniak Krzysztof, w: Leksykon teologii fundamentalnej, red. M. Rusecki i inni, Lublin-Kraków 2002, s. 653-654 (omówienie zasadniczych osiągnięć naukowych K. Kościelniaka do 2001);
 * J. Hauziński, [Research on the history of the Islamic world in Poland after 1945] Badania nad dziejami świata islamu w Polsce po 1945 roku, in: T. Majda (ed.), Szkice z dziejów polskiej orientalistyki, vol. V, Warszawa 2010, pp. 69-70 (presentation of Prof. Krzysztof Kościelniak’s contribution to Oriental studies till 2008);
 * D. Rosiak, Ziarno i krew. Podróż śladami bliskowschodnich chrześcijan [Grain and blood. Travel in the footsteps of Christians in the Middle East], Wołowiec: Wydawnictwo Czarne 2015, wstęp (Memories of the meeting Krzysztof Kościelniak) (accessed: 29.12.2016)
 * International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Krzysztof Kościelniak, [accessed: 10.07.2016].
 * The Institute of the Middle and Far East (Instytut Bliskiego i Dalekiego Wschodu), Ks. prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Kościelniak, [accessed: 12.07.2016].
 * Krzysztof Kościelniak, Dorobek naukowy Katedry Historii Religii Bliskiego i Dalekiego Wschodu [Krzysztof Kościelniak, Achievements of the Department of the History of Religion in the Middle and Far East at the Faculty of History and Cultural Heritage, John Paul II Pontifical University of Kraków] (presentation of Prof. Krzysztof Kościelniak’s activities and achievements till 2011) [accessed: 22.03.2011].
 * Sprawozdanie dziekana Wydziału Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych UJ z kadencji 2012-2016 [Report of the Dean of the Faculty of International and Political Studies – Jagiellonian University of the 2012-2016 term] [accessed: 21.07.2016].
 * M. Rzepka, 8th Doha Conference on Interfaith Dialogue, in: Vita Academica 6(60)2010, p. 26; [accessed: 25.06.2016].
 * Instytut Bliskiego i Dalekiego Wschodu UJ, Wydarzenia [The Institute of the Middle and Far East – Events] [accessed: 20.07.206]
 * Instytut Bliskiego i Dalekiego Wschodu UJ, Galerie i blogi, [The Institute of the Middle and Far East – Galleries and blogs] [accessed: 20.07.2016].
 * Rozmowy Teofila: Rozmowa A. Dobrzyńskiego OP z ks. Krzysztofem Kościelniakiem - Dlaczego warto zajmować się islamem? [Dissusions of ‘Teofil’: Conversation of Rev. A. Dobrzyński, OP, with Rev. Krzysztof Kościelniak: Why is Islam worth knowing], in: ‘Teofil – Pismo Kolegium Filozoficzno-Teologicznego Dominikanów’ 24(2006) pp. 23-4; [accessed: 12.07.2016];
 * Rozmowa o dialogu chrześcijańsko-muzułmańskim J. Bocheńskiej z ks. prof. Krzysztofem Kościelniakiem [Christian-Muslim dialogue. Conversation of J. Bocheńska with Rev. Prof. Krzysztof Kościelniak], in: ‘Tolerancja.pl’ [accessed: 12.07.2016];
 * Dialog życia. Rozmowa ks. dr Piotra Gąsiora z ks. prof. Krzysztofem Kościelniakiem [The dialogue of life. Conversation of Rev. Dr Piotr Gąsior with Rev. Prof. Krzysztof Kościelniak], in: ‘Niedziela Ogólnopolska’ 48/2006, pp. 13-14; [accessed: 18.07.2016]);
 * Co mamy przemilczać?! Z ks. prof. dr. hab. Krzysztofem Kościelniakiem - islamoznawcą, wykładowcą na Papieskiej Akademii Teologicznej – rozmawia ks. Piotr Gąsior [Are we to remain silent? Conversation of Rev. Dr Piotr Gąsior with Rev. Prof. Krzysztof Kościelniak, lecturer at the Pontifical Academy of Theology], in: ‘Niedziela Ogólnopolska’ 43/2006, pp. 18-19 [accessed: 12.07.2016].
 * Radość w Rabie Niżnej – mieszkańcy są dumni z ks. Prof. Krzysztofa Kościelniaka [Joy in Raba Niżna – The people of Raba Niżna are proud to Rev. Father Krzysztof Kościelniak], in: Gazeta krakowska – nowosądecka, 16.12.2005, pp. 1-2.
 * Ksiądz Profesor z Raby Niżnej – specjalista od islamu i świata arabskiego, [Rev. Father Professor from Raba Niżna – expert in Islam and the Arab World], in: Nasza Gmina Mszana Dolna 4(2005) p. 9.
 * 30 przesiadek. Wspomnienia studentów z wyjazdu naukowego do Syrii, [Thirty changes. Recollections of students participating in the summer school in Syria], in: ‘Patos’ part I 4(2005) pp. 16-17; part II 1(2006) pp. 14-15.