Islam, Ethics and Diversity Network

Why IED Network ?

Islam, Ethics and Diversity (IED) Network aims to advance and discuss research that investigates Muslim perceptions and experiences of diversity.

We understand diversity as an umbrella term for the social production of difference. Diversity is then a result of social practices, structures, interactions or individual actions that mark boundaries between communities and individuals. We understand fields and categories of differentiation as determined by power relations and (re)produced in everyday life.

IED Network is interested in discussing both the political and historical genealogies in the production of difference, and Muslim everyday experiences in contesting, navigating and (re)producing difference.  

Ethics is understood as the area of intimate and public thought, decision-making and reasoning inspired by Islamic frames of references, such as textual references but also social norms, values and principles derived from the Islamic discursive tradition. This area includes intellectual reasoning and debate drawing from classical Islamic theological and legal scholarship, as well as individual thought and decision-making in everyday life.

The Network aims to discuss theoretical scholarship at the intersection of Islam, Ethics and Diversity as well as empirical work that investigates Muslim ethical life in contexts marked by socio-cultural, religious, ethnic diversity as well differences in class, and gender & family normative diversity. Muslim experiences of diversity include positionings vis-à-vis power-laden mechanisms of exclusion. It aims to discuss work across the disciplines, including Islamic studies, anthropology and sociology.

– The Network aims to offer a platform for interdisciplinary research engaging with Islam, Ethics and Diversity in academic work or in civil society contexts. It aims to be inclusive in terms of geographical scope and is interested in understanding contexts of diversity across the globe, in Muslim majority or Muslim minority environments.

– The Network hopes to connect scholars, students and those employed outside of academia with a keen interest in Islam, Ethics and Diversity.

– The Network aspires to be an inclusive community that advances our current insights, highlights current research and scholarship, and inspires future research agendas.

An Van Raemdonck (Ghent University), Dominik Müller (Zurich University), Iman Lechkar (Free University of Brussels – VUB), Aymon Kreil (Ghent University), Nadia Fadil (KU Leuven University)