Sehra El-Khodary

Research assistant and Doctoral Candidate in Subproject B04 "Rhetorical Strategies in Jewish and Islamic Legislative Texts"

CRC 1385 "Law and Literature"
Domplatz 6
Room 211
Phone: +49 251 83-28337
sehra.el-khodary@uni-muenster.de

  • Research areas

    • Fatwas and muftiship in 20th century Egypt
    • Rhetoricity of modern (print) fatwas
    • Generation and staging of authority in Islamic legal texts

  • Vita

    • 2022-2023: Fellowship in Kairo (Dār al-Iftāʾ al-Miṣrīya)
    • since 2020: Research assistant at the CRC 1385
    • since 2019: Translator of the Arabic Language as Authorised by the President of the Higher Regional Court Hamm
    • 2017-2018: Advisor/Consultant for the Prevention of Extremism; Conception and Realisation of Advanced Training Courses Concerning the Themes Islam, Salafism and Radicalisation
    • 2017: Semester at Ain-Shams University in Cairo
    • 2016-2018: Master of Arts in Technical Translation Arabic/German, University of Leipzig/University of Ain-Shams in Cairo
    • 2015-2016: Student Assistant and Tutor for the Arabic Language at the Centre for Islamic Theology, University of Münster
    • 2013-2016: Bachelor of Arts in Islamic Theology , University of Münster

  • Talks

    1.  "Fatāwā: Rhetorical Strategies to Generate Authority in Islamic Legal Opinions of the 20th century." Deutscher Orientalistentag, FU  Berlin, 13.09.2022.
    2. "Taqlīd, Iǧtihād, Authority? Forms and Dimensions of Intertextuality in the Fatwas of Rashīd Riḍā and their Rhetorical Significance – A Discourse-Linguistic Approach." ISLE (Islamic Law on Edge)/LAWALISI (Law, Authority and Learning in Imami Shiite Islam) Islamic Legal Studies Summer School, University of Exeter, 30.06.2022.
    3. "Fatāwā: Rhetorical Strategies to Generate Authority in Islamic Legal Opinions of the 20th century." Masterclass of the Cluster "Religion und Politik", WWU Münster, 18.05.2022.