Navigating Differences: clarifying the urgency of constructive dialogues with traditional ʿulamā’[1] Mehrdad Alipour (6 June 2023) On the 23rd of May, 2023 a public statement so-called “Navigating Differences: Clarifying Sexual and Gender Ethics in Islam” was published online here. Here I briefly share my take and thoughts regarding this statement: The statement was produced…

Workshop Report Mehrdad Alipour As part of the project Beyond Binaries: Intersex in Islamic Legal Tradition, we organized a workshop on “Intersex Identity and Rights: Debating Some Urgent Matters” on the 8th of November 2022. The workshop was held online with a small group of intersex activists and individuals from the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and the UK. It was a…