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Welcome to the FAU Research Centre for Islam and Law in Europe
The FAU Research Centre for Islam and Law in Europe (FAU EZIRE) investigates the diverse challenges of social transformation caused by digitalization, a liberal international order that is increasingly under threat and different variations of globalization. We explore individual patterns of thought, education and development processes, social constellations and cultural practices along with their historic dimensions. Our work focuses particularly on regional, national, and international developments relating to Islam and Muslim communities.
Former FAU EZIRE member Dr Serdar Aslan provided insights in the ZDF program Forum am Freitag (German) into a study he conducted together with Dr Jörn Thielmann on Friday sermons in mosques in Germany. For his research, Aslan analysed over two thousand sermon texts covering a period of around twent...
Recently published by Routledge and edited by Frank Peter (FAU EZIRE), Paula Schrode and Ricarda Stegmann, this reader tackles central questions regarding the academic study of Islam. It addresses and contextualizes current discourse with the goal of giving a stimulating insight into the discipline...
The “Interactions” project, based at the Research Center for Islam and Law in Europe at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) and led by Dr. Jörn Thielmann, has been examining issues surrounding the impact of social discourse on Islamism and radicalization on Muslim communities fo...
This workshop seeks to explore the diverse and dynamic ways in which heritage in the Middle East has been shaped and contested, comprising discussions on historical narratives, policy strategies, religious debates, literary representations, sensory culture and architectural transformations.
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After the fall of the Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad last weekend, the country now faces an uncertain future. Prof. Mathias Rohe shared his perspective on the current situation in Syria on the German television programme Frankenschau aktuell.
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new book by FAU EZIRE associate PD Dr. Jan-Peter Hartung. In The Pashtun Borderland: A Religious and Cultural History of the Taliban, published by Cambridge University Press, the Islamic studies scholar deciphers prevailing conceptions of "the Taliban"...
