Vortrag: Ali Ghandour "Liebe, Sex und Allah" moderiert von Leyla Jagiella

In the organizer's words:

Dr. Ali Ghandour is an Islamic scholar and the author of 'Love, Sex and Allah. The repressed erotic heritage of Muslims'.
In this lecture, Ali Ghandour, together with a moderation by Leyla Jagiella, explores the question of how and why the once open discussion of sexuality in Muslim societies is often negated or misunderstood today. He will examine the rich erotic heritage of these cultures and its diversity, which has developed over the centuries. The lecture will also examine the role of colonialism in changing perceptions and approaches to sexuality in Muslim countries in order to promote a comprehensive understanding of this complex issue.

About the speaker
Dr. Ali Ghandour was born in Casablanca in 1983. He studied Arabic and political science with a focus on Islamic studies at the University of Leipzig and completed his doctorate at the University of Münster, where he now works as a research assistant at the Institute for Islamic Theology.
As a practical theologian, he is committed to opening up the discipline to taboo and neglected areas, such as pastoral care for LGBTQ Muslims or people in crises of faith. In his work, Ghandour emphasizes the importance of researching lived religion as a subject of practical theology. He criticizes the text- and scholar-centeredness of theology, which only conveys a distorted picture of how faith and religion take shape in people's lives.

Leyla Jagiella is an ethnologist, religious theorist and writer. As an independent expert on gender and sexuality, she has been a trans* activist for many years and holds workshops and lectures in Germany, Great Britain, Pakistan and South Africa. As an employee of the Muslim Academy Heidelberg, she is also project manager of the Jewish-Muslim Cultural Days in Heidelberg. Most recently, she published the monograph "Among the Eunuchs. A Muslim Transgender Journey", published in 2021 by Hurst Publishing, London. She has also published articles, essays and other contributions in Critical Muslim, Publik-Forum, Qamar Magazine, ZEIT Geschichte and others.