Ways of Knowing Muslim Cultures and Societies

Bettina Gräf, PhD (2009), Freie Universität Berlin, is lecturer for Islamic Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich. She has published on topics related to Arab Media and Cultural Studies, including Medien-Fawas@Yusuf al-Qaradawi. Die Popularisierung des Islamischen Rechts (2010).Birgit Krawietz, PhD (1990), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, is Professor of Islamic Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. She has published on Islamic medical ethics, legal theory and sports in the Islamic world. Her overall research interests are normative Islam and cultural history.Schirin Amir-Moazami, PhD (2004) European University Institute, Florence in Social and Political Sciences, is Professor for Islam in Europe at the Institute of Islamic Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. She has published on topics related to political secularism, governmentality and body politics in the field of Islam and Muslims in Europe. Her most recent edited volume Der inspizierte Muslim. Zur Politisierung der Islamforschung (2018) deals with the politics of knowledge production on Islam in Europe.

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