She Recites #008 - “Any bit of knowledge I could find, I would study it”- Shaykha Halima Krausen

In this episode, Jumana Moon sits down with accomplished Theologian and Scholar Shaykha Halima Krausen

 

This is truly a fascinating discussion and you’ll be left feeling enlightened learning about the rustic and very real journey of a female seeker and Muslim scholar before the days of social media and mass travel on dowrahs, rihlas etc.

 

What was it like for a European convert & seeker of knowledge in the 1980s to travel to Cairo, Sudan and Pakistan? How was she recieved from the male scholars? What are Shaykha Halima's thoughts on the Muslim community in terms of access to knowledge, theology, feminism, and more!

 

....and if you know anything about Muslim personalities in history, you will find Shaykha Halima's answer to our wild card question an absolute cracker!!!

 

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Shaykha Halima Krausen is a leading Muslim Theologist from Germany. 

Born in Aachen, Germany, Shaykha Halima Krausen was raised by a Catholic-Protestant family and went on an independant journey of learning to become Muslim in her early teens.

Shaykha Halima has studied Arabic and the Islamic Sciences extensively with visiting Muslim scholars and travelling the Muslim world over many years, studying in Al Azhar as well as other institutes around the world. Shaykha completed her studies in Islamic Law and Theology, Islamic Studies, Christian Theology and Comparative Religion. In 1993, she received her ijaza for independent teaching and practice of Islamic law and theology.

Shaykha Halima is a founding member of the Inter-Religious Dialogue Center at the Department of Theology at Hamburg University. as well as the Initiative for Islamic Studies and is considered one of the heads of the German-speaking community

Shaykha Halima has also been involved with creating the German translations of the Qur’an with commentary, as well as a partial translation of the Hadith. Shaykha Halima has contributed to several books on interfaith studies and wrote a number of articles on various Islamic and inter-religious subjects. She teaches regularly in London and across Europe and has been a visiting scholar, lecturer and mentor with An-Nisa Society (London, UK) since 1993 where she lectures on a range of issues including Islamic Studies History, Philosophy, Healing the Self and Interfaith Dialogue.

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