Projects
Special Research Fund Professorship in arabistics and islamic studies Ghent University
A professorship granted by the Special Research Fund is a primarily research-oriented position and is made available for excellent researchers with a high-quality research programme.
BOF TT Islamic studies Ghent University
A tenure track appointment grants one the privilege of focusing primarily on research for a period of 5 years, with a limited teaching load.
Islamic Bioethical Perspectives on Prenatal Diagnosis and Termination of Pregnancy KU Leuven
Islamic Bioethical Perspectives on Prenatal Diagnosis and Termination of Pregnancy KU Leuven
Today, medical advances have given rise to several dilemmas at the beginning of life. In the West, the examination of moral approaches to issues at the beginning of life starts mainly from secular Western/Christian bioethical positions, while normative Islamic positions are much less visible and comparatively under-researched. To date, hardly any attention is paid to Islamic ethical frameworks discussing prenatal diagnosis and termination of ...
Interrogating Islamic Roads to Conviviality: Ethical and Religious Practices of Tolerance in Relation to Identity among Muslim Minorities in Belgium Ghent University
This project examines conviviality as an everyday practice of bridging religious and cultural difference from the perspective of Muslim minorities in Belgium living in the cities of Brussels, Antwerp and Liège. It examines the modalities in which Islamic frames of reference and ethical sensibilities are mobilized by individuals when striving for harmonious convivial living together across religious difference. First, the project compares ...