329 search results for “islam in africa” in the Staff website
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Visit to Ghana: Leiden University strengthens ties with partners in Africa
Leiden University will deepen its cooperation with knowledge institutions in Africa. During a trip to Ghana, a delegation spoke with several African knowledge institutions about intensifying their collaboration.
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Mirjam de Bruijn
Faculty of Humanities
- This Time for Africa! series
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John Islam-van Klinken
ICT Shared Service Centre
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New research programme for urgent challenges in Africa
Leiden University and four other Dutch universities will appoint 51 PhD candidates to conduct solution-oriented research for and with the African continent.
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Amadou Adamou
Faculty of Humanities
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Anika Altaf
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Antonio Frank
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Karin Nijenhuis
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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W van Kessel
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Maurits Berger
Faculty of Humanities
- Daring questions in Islam
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Chibuike Uche
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam
‘Islam and Muslims are not something that happened to Europe; they are part of Europe. In fact, Islam is one the biggest constants in European history,’ argues Professor Maurits Berger in the new eight-part History of Islam in Europe podcast series of the Leiden University Faculty of Humanities.
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Sara Bolghiran
Faculty of Humanities
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Nico Kaptein
Faculty of Humanities
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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast
Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…
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Alireza Asghari
Faculty of Humanities
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What can Europe learn from Islamic thought?
Islamic banking, freedom of religion, LGBTQ+ acceptance and education are topics that European Muslims find important for their future. These are the results of a survey by Professor of Islam and the West, Maurits Berger. The survey is the starting point of a citizen project in which Berger wants to…
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Jan-Bart Gewald
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Jan Just Witkam
Faculty of Humanities
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Stefano Bellucci
Faculty of Humanities
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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Rijk van Dijk
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Nathal Dessing
Faculty of Humanities
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Islamic TV in Indonesia: piety or commodity?
In Indonesia, some Muslim preachers are TV stars with massive followings. Syahril Siddik studied how they operate and how their viewers react. On 9 November, he successfully defended his dissertation in Islamic Studies.
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Rehanna Nurmohamed
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ahab Bdaiwi
Faculty of Humanities
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Feminist fatwas of female Islamic scholars
It matters a lot whether a fatwa is given by a female or male Islamic scholar, discovered doctoral student Nor Ismah.
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Large grant for research into Islamic non-conformism
In the coming years, Asghar Seyed Gohrab receives an advanced European Research Council grant of two and a half million euros to spend on his research into non-conformism in Islam. ‘Hopefully I can use this to contribute something to society, to pass something on to future generations.’
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‘Islamic primary schools have been important for Muslim emancipation’
The opening of Islamic primary schools has made an important contribution to the emancipation and integration of Muslims in the Netherlands. This is the conclusion of PhD candidate Bahaeddin Budak in his research into 25 years (1988-2013) of Islamic primary schools in the Netherlands. PhD defence on…
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David Ehrhardt
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Researchers from Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’
What are the origins of the Islamic Empire? And what was daily life like there? Two new Ted Ed animations answer these questions in simple language. Arabists Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen explain what the process of developing the videos was like.
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Mayke Kaag
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Harry Wels
Afrika-Studiecentrum
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series
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Loes Oudenhuijsen
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Michel Doortmont
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Julia Foudraine
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Caroline Archambault
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Gunnar Weimann
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Abdourahamane Idrissa Abdoulaye
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Jelle Bruning
Faculty of Humanities
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Petra Sijpesteijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Arnold Mol
Faculty of Humanities
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Leila Demarest
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Social media
Social media is a good way to meet others or to hear about the latest news and developments. It is an excellent way to tell people about what you are doing and to hear what they are up to too. But social media also has its downsides: disinformation, trolling, disrespectful comments and even the misuse…
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Mahmood Kooriadathodi
Faculty of Humanities
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The Processes of Conversion to Islam in Contemporary Spain: From the Betrayal of Spain to Community Insertion
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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POSTPONED - Gastro-Politics & Gastro-Ethics of Diversity: Negotiating Islam in an Entangled World
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series