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House-to-house battle for the cultural memory of Jerusalem

By Jens Hanssen 02.07.2024, published in German in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, URL: https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/geist-soziales/besetzung-in-der-altstadt-haeuserkampf-um-das-kulturelle-gedaechtnis-jerusalems-19827287.html The displacement of Palestinians in East Jerusalem has been progressing for years. Now an Israeli court has ordered the eviction of...

في مفهوم التضامن

بقلم يونس هانسن؛ راجَعَهُ لُغويًّا سومر المير محمود و براق زكاريا آب ٢٠٢٣، برلين «الجواب المختصر هو أنّ التضامن لا يعلُو على النقد… الولاء لمجموعة في صراعها من أجل البقاء لا يجوز أن يجُرَّ...

TYPOLOGIES IN THE ISLAMIC ETHICAL DISCOURSE

Islamic Ethical Discourse”. Various typologies from the pre-modern texts of ethics including ethnic, religious, societal, gendered and historical typologies have been extensively discussed in five panels for three days in hybrid form. Eleven out of fifteen speakers were physically present in Beirut. All panels have been livestreamed to achieve a wide audience worldwide. The workshop took place from 10-12 March 2022 and has been organized by Fatih Ermiş (OIB), Bilal Orfali (AUB) and Enrico Boccaccini (OIB). The spectrum of the speakers ranged from Canada and USA to Germany, UK, the Netherlands, Turkey and Lebanon.

Reckoning with God

Joud Alkorani By some recollections, the Arab Spring was characterized by God’s presence. “God is with us,” chanted some as they protested in the streets. “God is great,” proclaimed others as blood was shed....

Nicht-Gewalt im Bürgerkrieg

Krieg und auch Bürgerkrieg sind meist mit Gewalt aussoziiert. Gewalt scheint das Merkmal von Kriegshandlungen zu sein. Doch auch in Zeiten des Krieges gibt es Handeln, das nicht von Gewalt durchdrungen ist, auch wenn...