Jewish and Muslim sexual morals were regarded as particularly liberal by Western societies for a long time. Today, on the other hand, ideas of very repressive religious morals which suppress sexuality dominate the Western imagination. But what do Judaism and Islam say about sexual life and eroticism? Which views are represented on controversial issues such as sex education, polygamy, homosexuality and pornography?
past event

Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)

David Biale and Kecia Ali; photos: private
Video recording of the dialogue-based lecture series Sexual Ethics: Sexuality, Lust, Eroticism, and God – on 16 May 2017 (in German and English); Jewish Museum Berlin
Kecia Ali
Kecia Ali is professor of religion at Boston University. Her particular research interests are Islamic law, women, and gender and her important work is entitled Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence.
David Biale
David Biale is professor of Jewish history at the University of California, Davis. He is author of Eros and the Jews: From Biblical Israel to Contemporary America.
Moderation: Dr. Nahed Samour, Humboldt University Berlin, Faculty of Law

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Dialogical Lecture Series Ethical Questions in Judaism and Islam
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