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Halima Krausen (* 1949 in Aachen ) is a Muslim theologian who is involved in interreligious dialogue.

Krausen comes from a mixed-denominational Christian family and converted to Islam as a teenager . She also took the first name Halima. At that time there were still few German-speaking Muslims; Krausen turned to the Imam Ali Mosque in Hamburg , where she was trained as a theologian. She studied theology in several Islamic countries.

From 1984 to 1988 she worked on a German translation of the Koran. In 1996, as the successor to Imam Mehdi Razvi, she became head of the German-speaking Muslim community in Hamburg; she held the office of imamim until 2014. She also has Shaykha status .

By his own admission, Krausen does not advocate a feminist approach to Koran exegesis . She wants to lead by consensus and not cause a crack ( fitnah ) in the community; therefore she wrote down her Friday sermons instead of preaching in the mosque, which would have been possible but was not undisputed in the community.

Halima Krausen is visiting scholar at the Academy of World Religions at the University of Hamburg . She is a board member in the Bendorfer Forum .

Publications (in selection)

  • Light over light: the most beautiful prayers in Islam . Herder Spectrum, 2011. ISBN 978-3451064029 .
  • “In it are signs for those who think”: Islamic theology - unfolded homiletically in sixty Friday sermons . Bautz, 2009. ISBN 978-3883095158 .
  • Signs on the horizons, signs within yourself: Friday sermons for reflection . Bautz, 2013. ISBN 9783883097954 .
  • Islam and gender equality. In: Zekirija Sejdini (Ed.): Islam in Europe: Encounters, Conflicts and Solutions. Waxmann, Münster 2018. ISBN 978-3-8309-3809-5 . Pp. 79-92.

literature

  • Riem Spielhaus : Making Islam Relevant: Female Authority and Representation of Islam in Germany. In: Masooda Bano, Hilary E. Kalmbach (Eds.): Women, Leadership, and Mosques: Changes in Contemporary Islamic Authority. Brill, Leiden 2012. ISBN 978-90-04-21146-9 . Pp. 437-456.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hans-Juergen Fink: Because men have no idea ... In: Hamburger Abendblatt. January 17, 2012, accessed August 18, 2018 .
  2. ^ Jan Kuhlmann: Halima Krausen - role model for German Muslim women. In: Deutschlandfunk. August 13, 2012, accessed August 18, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Carolin Kubo: Interview with Shaykha Halima Krausen "We women do the real work!" In: Qantara. Retrieved August 18, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Academy of World Religions. In: University of Hamburg. Retrieved August 18, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Riem Spielhaus: Making Islam Relevant . S. 441-442 .
  6. ↑ Riem Spielhaus: Making Islam Relevant . S. 442 .
  7. ↑ The board of directors. In: Bendorfer Forum. Retrieved August 18, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Krausen, Halima
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Muslim theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen