Podcasts about carool kersten

Niet alleen in Bosnië maar wereldwijd staan mensen vandaag stil bij de moord op meer dan achtduizend mannen en jongemannen in Srebrenica. Nu precies dertig jaar geleden. Terwijl nabestaanden massaal naar Srebrenica trekken om hun geliefden te herdenken, verheerlijken vooraanstaande Bosnische-Serviërs de commandanten die de genocide pleegden. De genocide wordt nog steeds ontkend en etnische spanningen zijn weer actueel: Republika Sprksa dreigt zich van de rest van Bosnië af te scheiden. Hierover journalist en Balkankenner Marjolein Koster.  (06:50) Islam, Europa en de verbeelding Waarom verdient de beruchte Franse schrijver Michel Houellebecq meer krediet als het om de islam gaat? Waarom moeten wij het werk kennen van de Duitse schrijver van Iraanse afkomst Navid Kermani? In zijn nieuwe boek toont arabist Carool Kersten de lange gedeelde geschiedenis tussen Europa en de islam. Hij doet dat via de moderne Europese literatuur. Lukt het al lezend om diep ingesleten stereotypen over islam en moslims te overwinnen? Presentatie: Sophie Derkzen

En zuur nieuws voor de citrusvrucht. Israël verbiedt grootste hulpverlener in Gaza De vluchtelingenorganisatie voor de Palestijnse gebieden UNRWA mag niet langer werken in Israël. Honderdduizenden ontheemden in onder meer Gaza en de Westelijke Jordaanoever zijn van UNRWA afhankelijk om te overleven. Wat wil Israël hiermee bereiken en waarom komt deze maatregel nu? We vragen het Brigitte Herremans van het Human Rights Center aan de Universiteit van Gent. Arabisch dreigt te verdwijnen op Nederlandse universiteiten Op zowel de Universiteit Utrecht als de Universiteit Leiden dreigen verschillende taalopleidingen, zoals Chinees, Japans en Koreaans geschrapt te worden. En ook Arabisch dreigt te verdwijnen. En dat terwijl de Universiteit Leiden juist op het gebied van Arabisch een wereldreputatie heeft die al eeuwen teruggaat. Dus zijn er grote zorgen: niet alleen onder Arabisten, maar ook onder diplomaten en zakenlieden. Te gast is Carool Kersten, gerenommeerd Arabist verbonden aan de KU Leuven. Uitgelicht: Spaanse boeren bezorgd om citrusziekte Wetenschappers waarschuwen voor een plantenziekte die de productie van sinaasappels en andere citrusvruchten bedreigt. Het kan ertoe leiden dat sinaasappelsap een luxeproduct wordt. In Spanje zetten de sinaasappelboeren zich alvast schrap, vertelt redacteur Sonja Pleumeekers. Presentatie: Eva Koreman

“Seeing the carnage outside beamed instantly into my living room via satellite TV really drove home the realisation that I was indeed witnessing the first fully mediatised war.” In special episode marking 30 years since the end of the 1990-91 Gulf War, Dr Carool Kersten, Reader in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World at King’s College London, who was based in Saudi Arabia during the conflict, joins us to share his unique perspective on the events. We discuss how this largely “forgotten war”, revolutionised warfare for the 21st century, re-set Persian gulf politics and enthralled a group of obscure French philosophers. We look at their how their uncannily prophetic observations at the time, almost anticipated the growing anti-western sentiments in the Islamic world, 9/11 and the rise of global terrorism, extremism and Jihad we've witnessed in the last 30 years.

Hajj will be held on a much smaller scale this year with a very limited number of pilgrims from various nationalities who already reside in Saudi Arabia able to perform it. Emily asks Dr Carool Kersten from Kings College, London, what took the authorities so long and what impact has this had on Muslims world wide? For religious groups everywhere, lock-down has been a huge challenge. With places of worship and religious centres shuttered, maintaining a sense of community hasn’t been easy. It’s a particular problem for Russia’s Jewish community, which – 30 years after the fall of communism - is still recovering from decades of state-sponsored Antisemitism. Our Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg reports on what the Jews of Russia have been doing to build a community and the efforts they’re taking during the pandemic to preserve it. With places of worship opening for weddings from the 4th of July we hear from one couple who have been waiting in limbo to hear whether their postponed big day could go ahead and BBC Religion Editor, Martin Bashir explains the rules of socially distanced weddings. Producers Carmel Lonergan Catherine Earlam Editor Amanda Hancox

Dom Gervase Hobson-Matthews was a monk who trained and taught at the Benedictine run Downside Abbey. During WW2 he served as a chaplain to the 1st Artillery Division. He kept a diary that chronicled his experience helping troops to withdraw from the beaches of Dunkirk where he was killed in June 1940. Days before his death, he rejected an opportunity to return home. To mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Dunkirk the Abbey’s Director of Heritage Dr Simon Johnson tells us about Dom Gervase’s courage and martyrdom through archive and extracts from Dom Gervase’s diary. The screenwriter and novelist Frank Cottrell-Boyce has written a new book for a bible study series called “How the Bible Can Help Us Understand Forgiveness”. He discusses the subject with Marina Cantacuzino, founder of the Forgiveness Project, which collates powerful stories of forgiveness from around the world. The Saudi authorities have yet to officially cancel this year’s Hajj. Whilst the Muslim world has been celebrating Ramadan, they have not had to make this difficult decision but after Eid everyone will be asking if the Great Mosque in Mecca can re-open at the end of July for the most important pilgrimage in Islam. Emily discusses the problem with Dr Carool Kersten, Reader in the Study of Islam & the Muslim World at King’s College London. Producers Carmel Lonergan Catherine Earlam Editor Christine Morgan

Progressieve ideeën over biotechnologie, geslachtsverandering, LGBT en klimaatverandering. Je denkt daarbij niet snel aan moslimgeleerden en toch zijn binnen de islam talloze voorbeelden van verrassende moderne denkers te vinden. Deze week verschijnt hierover het boek Contemporary Thought in the Muslim World van islamoloog en arabist Carool Kersten, hoogleraar hedendaagse islam bij het King's College in Londen. En hij is vanavond te gast.

Terwijl de focus op IS ligt na de recente aanslagen in Indonesië, zijn terugkerende Syrië-strijders eigenlijk maar een klein deel van een veel groter probleem in 's werelds grootste moslimland. Religieuze fundamentalisten krijgen steeds steviger de touwtjes in handen, ook in de politiek. Indonesië-deskundige Carool Kersten, verbonden aan het King's College in Londen, licht toe. (foto: AFP PHOTO / KOKO)

Onder leiding van Saudi-Arabië heeft een gezelschap van Arabische landen vandaag alle diplomatieke betrekking met Qatar verbroken. Ook wordt het schiereiland Qatar vanuit de lucht en land afgesloten door de buurlanden. Dit is een straf maatregel voor het zelfstandige buitenlandbeleid van Qatar dat niet in lijn is met dat van de rest van de Golfregio. Vooral de vermeende toenadering met Iran is een doorn in het oog van de Saudi's. Is dit de opmaat naar meer regionale spanningen? We vragen het arabist Leo Kwarten die Qatar zeer goed kent en Saudi-Arabië-kenner Carool Kersten, die tien jaar in het Saudische koninkrijk woonde.

Over twee dagen, komende woensdag, zijn er in de Indonesische hoofdstad Jakarta belangrijke verkiezingen. Dan is de tweede én beslissende ronde: wie wordt de gouverneur van de hoofdstad?Volgens veel analisten gaan deze verkiezingen niet alleen over de hoofdstad zelf, maar ook over het pluriforme karakter van de Indonesische staat. Raakt de islam in Indonesië zijn glimlach kwijt? Carool Kersten, verbonden aan het King's College in Londen, weet hier alles over.

In Jemen wordt fel gevochten om de havenstad Aden tussen de rebellen en aanhangers van de verjaagde president Hadi. De VN heeft gewaarschuwd dat de interventie door een Arabische strijdkracht onder leiding van Saoedi Arabië ernstige gevolgen kan hebben voor het land. Een gesprek met Carool Kersten die tien jaar in Saoedi Arabië woonde en nu verbonden als docent geschiedenis van de islam en arabist aan King's College in Londen.

At times in history religion can appear to be a destructive force. Today the current conflict in the middle-east is increasingly defined along sectarian lines. From Iraq where a thousand people were killed in sectarian violence in July, the highest monthly death toll for five years according the UN; to Pakistan, where the minority Shia community has experienced repeated attacks by hard-line Sunni militant groups; to Syria where the ruling Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam, is embroiled in an increasing bloody civil war with the largely Sunni rebel forces. A fault line has emerged throughout the middle-east dividing the region along Sunni and Shia lines. Where did this division within Islam occur and is it really the cause of these conflicts or merely being exploited for political gain? Ernie Rea is joined by Murtaza Hussain, a Sunni Muslim, writer and journalist specialising in foreign policy and the Middle East. Dr Ali Al-Hilli is an Iraqi activist, lecturer and a Shia Muslim and Dr Carool Kersten, Senior Lecturer in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World, King's College London. Producer: Catherine Earlam.

At times in history religion can appear to be a destructive force. Today the current conflict in the middle-east is increasingly defined along sectarian lines. From Iraq where a thousand people were killed in sectarian violence in July, the highest monthly death toll for five years according the UN; to Pakistan, where the minority Shia community has experienced repeated attacks by hard-line Sunni militant groups; to Syria where the ruling Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam, is embroiled in an increasing bloody civil war with the largely Sunni rebel forces. A fault line has emerged throughout the middle-east dividing the region along Sunni and Shia lines. Where did this division within Islam occur and is it really the cause of these conflicts or merely being exploited for political gain? Ernie Rea is joined by Murtaza Hussain, a Sunni Muslim, writer and journalist specialising in foreign policy and the Middle East. Dr Ali Al-Hilli is an Iraqi activist, lecturer and a Shia Muslim and Dr Carool Kersten, Senior Lecturer in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World, King's College London. Producer: Catherine Earlam.

Often when we read about new Muslim intellectuals we are offered a presentation of their politicized Islamic teachings and radical interpretations of theology, or Western readings that nominally reflect the Islamic tradition. We are rarely introduced to critical Muslim thinkers who neither abandon their Islamic civilizational heritage nor adopt, wholesale, a Western intellectual perspective. In Carool Kersten‘s Cosmopolitans and Heretics: New Muslim Intellectuals and the Study of Islam (Columbia University Press, 2011), we learn about a few modern Muslim thinkers who engage their Islamic intellectual heritage with the philosophical apparatus of contemporary Western thought. Kersten, a professor of Religious and Islamic Studies at King's College London, has tracked Muslim thinkers for years (follow his blog Critical Muslims), and book reflects a deep understanding of the wider dialogues occurring in contemporary Islamic thought. His analysis also traverses geographical limitations of much of the scholarship on contemporary Islam by discussing figures from both the eastern and western regions of Islam. We are introduced to the thought of Nurcholish Madjid (Indonesia), Hasan Hanafi (Egypt), and Mohammad Arkoun (Algeria). Through these thinkers Kersten explores how phenomenology, hermeneutics, secularization, and postcolonial vocabulary can assist us in approaching religion generally. He frames his work through Russell McCutcheon's model of theological, phenomenological, and critical-anthropological strategies for engaging religion in order to demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches in the study of Islam. Altogether, we have the first book length analysis of these important modern Muslim thinkers and their critique of both western scholarship and Muslim intellectualism.

Often when we read about new Muslim intellectuals we are offered a presentation of their politicized Islamic teachings and radical interpretations of theology, or Western readings that nominally reflect the Islamic tradition. We are rarely introduced to critical Muslim thinkers who neither abandon their Islamic civilizational heritage nor adopt, wholesale, a Western intellectual perspective. In Carool Kersten‘s Cosmopolitans and Heretics: New Muslim Intellectuals and the Study of Islam (Columbia University Press, 2011), we learn about a few modern Muslim thinkers who engage their Islamic intellectual heritage with the philosophical apparatus of contemporary Western thought. Kersten, a professor of Religious and Islamic Studies at King’s College London, has tracked Muslim thinkers for years (follow his blog Critical Muslims), and book reflects a deep understanding of the wider dialogues occurring in contemporary Islamic thought. His analysis also traverses geographical limitations of much of the scholarship on contemporary Islam by discussing figures from both the eastern and western regions of Islam. We are introduced to the thought of Nurcholish Madjid (Indonesia), Hasan Hanafi (Egypt), and Mohammad Arkoun (Algeria). Through these thinkers Kersten explores how phenomenology, hermeneutics, secularization, and postcolonial vocabulary can assist us in approaching religion generally. He frames his work through Russell McCutcheon’s model of theological, phenomenological, and critical-anthropological strategies for engaging religion in order to demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches in the study of Islam. Altogether, we have the first book length analysis of these important modern Muslim thinkers and their critique of both western scholarship and Muslim intellectualism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Often when we read about new Muslim intellectuals we are offered a presentation of their politicized Islamic teachings and radical interpretations of theology, or Western readings that nominally reflect the Islamic tradition. We are rarely introduced to critical Muslim thinkers who neither abandon their Islamic civilizational heritage nor adopt, wholesale, a Western intellectual perspective. In Carool Kersten‘s Cosmopolitans and Heretics: New Muslim Intellectuals and the Study of Islam (Columbia University Press, 2011), we learn about a few modern Muslim thinkers who engage their Islamic intellectual heritage with the philosophical apparatus of contemporary Western thought. Kersten, a professor of Religious and Islamic Studies at King’s College London, has tracked Muslim thinkers for years (follow his blog Critical Muslims), and book reflects a deep understanding of the wider dialogues occurring in contemporary Islamic thought. His analysis also traverses geographical limitations of much of the scholarship on contemporary Islam by discussing figures from both the eastern and western regions of Islam. We are introduced to the thought of Nurcholish Madjid (Indonesia), Hasan Hanafi (Egypt), and Mohammad Arkoun (Algeria). Through these thinkers Kersten explores how phenomenology, hermeneutics, secularization, and postcolonial vocabulary can assist us in approaching religion generally. He frames his work through Russell McCutcheon’s model of theological, phenomenological, and critical-anthropological strategies for engaging religion in order to demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches in the study of Islam. Altogether, we have the first book length analysis of these important modern Muslim thinkers and their critique of both western scholarship and Muslim intellectualism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Often when we read about new Muslim intellectuals we are offered a presentation of their politicized Islamic teachings and radical interpretations of theology, or Western readings that nominally reflect the Islamic tradition. We are rarely introduced to critical Muslim thinkers who neither abandon their Islamic civilizational heritage nor adopt, wholesale, a Western intellectual perspective. In Carool Kersten‘s Cosmopolitans and Heretics: New Muslim Intellectuals and the Study of Islam (Columbia University Press, 2011), we learn about a few modern Muslim thinkers who engage their Islamic intellectual heritage with the philosophical apparatus of contemporary Western thought. Kersten, a professor of Religious and Islamic Studies at King’s College London, has tracked Muslim thinkers for years (follow his blog Critical Muslims), and book reflects a deep understanding of the wider dialogues occurring in contemporary Islamic thought. His analysis also traverses geographical limitations of much of the scholarship on contemporary Islam by discussing figures from both the eastern and western regions of Islam. We are introduced to the thought of Nurcholish Madjid (Indonesia), Hasan Hanafi (Egypt), and Mohammad Arkoun (Algeria). Through these thinkers Kersten explores how phenomenology, hermeneutics, secularization, and postcolonial vocabulary can assist us in approaching religion generally. He frames his work through Russell McCutcheon’s model of theological, phenomenological, and critical-anthropological strategies for engaging religion in order to demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches in the study of Islam. Altogether, we have the first book length analysis of these important modern Muslim thinkers and their critique of both western scholarship and Muslim intellectualism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Often when we read about new Muslim intellectuals we are offered a presentation of their politicized Islamic teachings and radical interpretations of theology, or Western readings that nominally reflect the Islamic tradition. We are rarely introduced to critical Muslim thinkers who neither abandon their Islamic civilizational heritage nor adopt, wholesale, a Western intellectual perspective. In Carool Kersten‘s Cosmopolitans and Heretics: New Muslim Intellectuals and the Study of Islam (Columbia University Press, 2011), we learn about a few modern Muslim thinkers who engage their Islamic intellectual heritage with the philosophical apparatus of contemporary Western thought. Kersten, a professor of Religious and Islamic Studies at King’s College London, has tracked Muslim thinkers for years (follow his blog Critical Muslims), and book reflects a deep understanding of the wider dialogues occurring in contemporary Islamic thought. His analysis also traverses geographical limitations of much of the scholarship on contemporary Islam by discussing figures from both the eastern and western regions of Islam. We are introduced to the thought of Nurcholish Madjid (Indonesia), Hasan Hanafi (Egypt), and Mohammad Arkoun (Algeria). Through these thinkers Kersten explores how phenomenology, hermeneutics, secularization, and postcolonial vocabulary can assist us in approaching religion generally. He frames his work through Russell McCutcheon’s model of theological, phenomenological, and critical-anthropological strategies for engaging religion in order to demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches in the study of Islam. Altogether, we have the first book length analysis of these important modern Muslim thinkers and their critique of both western scholarship and Muslim intellectualism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices