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Book Launch: Provocative Images in Contemporary Islam Event - 15 May 2024
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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast News - 4 March 2022
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…

Large grant for research into Islamic non-conformism News - 22 April 2021
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.’

‘Islamic primary schools have been important for Muslim emancipation’ News - 31 May 2021
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…

Back to the roots of Shia Islam: ‘We need to get the full picture.' News - 6 March 2024
When discussing the history of Islam, the focus is almost always on the history of the Sunni majority. University Lecturer in the history of Islam, Edmund Hayes wants this to change. His new ERC-funded project , focuses on the development of the early Shia community.

Researchers from Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’ News - 9 August 2022
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.

Making Islam Work: Islamic Authority among Muslims in Western Europe Event - 14 December 2023
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Anglophone Islam: English-language Islamic curriculum in post-Apartheid South Africa Event - 30 November 2023
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Imagining the Unimaginable: Finding the Islamic in Muslim Futures Event - 29 February 2024
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Jasmijn Rana on women's football and emancipation in Morocco News - 20 December 2023
Explore the captivating world of women's football in Morocco through Trouw's insightful report, examining the intersection of Islam, popularity, money, and role models, as emphasized by cultural anthropologist Jasmijn Rana.

Religious Discourse and Tribal Affiliation in Early Islamic Ifrīqiya Event - 15 February 2024
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Between Admiration and Repulsion: The ‘Witch’ in Medieval Islam Event - 12 May 2022
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Fatiha Azzarhouni: ‘Even during Covid, Ramadan is about fasting' News - 12 May 2021
Mosques with limited opening hours, fewer family visits and fewer events: for the second time, Ramadan was different due to Covid. Islamologist and deputy director of the Leiden Islam Academie Fatiha Azzarhouni looks back on a special month.

How do European Muslims see their future? News - 30 May 2022
Professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger wants to use citizen science to answer this question. On the futureofislam.eu website, he is inviting European Muslims to complete an anonymous survey about how they see their future and the role of Islam in this. He will present the first findings at the…

Careful Waiting in the Last Phase of Life: Islam, Medicine and Life-Limiting Illness in Indonesia Event - 8 December 2022
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The Processes of Conversion to Islam in Contemporary Spain: From the Betrayal of Spain to Community Insertion Event - 10 March 2022
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Bart Barendregt receives Vici grant for research on Artificial Intelligence in Muslim Southeast Asia News - 14 April 2021
Bart Barendregt receives a Vici grant of 1.5 million euros from the NWO for his research project 'One between the Zeros, an Anthropology of Artificial Intelligence in Islam'.

Two ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers News - 23 November 2023
Research on quantum computers and Islamic charities: two Leiden researchers have received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council.

Teaching a More Accurate and Inclusive History of Science: The Case of Islamic Contributions to Math and Sciences Event - 1 March 2023
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