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The Erlangen Centre for Islam and Law in Europe (EZIRE) conducts research and teaching about Islam and Muslim life in Europe from a multidisciplinary perspective. In addition to research and teaching, EZIRE also offers services such as trainings, consulting, expertise and expert opinions.
In his guest commentary in the Austrian newspaper Der Standard from March 10, the political scientist and associated EZIRE member Hüseyin Çiçek wrote about the armistice agreement between the conflicting parties in the Syrian province Idlib. According to him this agreement was leading to a "diploma... Continue
On Febuary 28 Hüseyin Çiçek, political scientist and associated EZIRE-member, commented in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung the current military situation in Syria, regarding its implications for the relation between Turkey and the USA.
Since months, the military single-handed actions taken by Turkey in... Continue
On occassion of the nomination of the Muslim candidate Ozan Iybias by the conservative party CSU (Christian-Social Union) for the mayor elections in Neufahrn, Bavaria, Professor Mathias Rohe, legal scholar and Islamic Scientist at the FAU, a swell as founding rector of the EZIRE, spoke out in an onl... Continue
In an article from 20 January 2020, the Tagespiegel wrote about the conference held by the the Bavarian Academy for Sciences and Humanities on 16 January 2020, where religious historian Gerdien Jonker contributed a talk about “Jews and Muslims in Weimar-Republic Berlin – a neighbourhood story".
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The new study by EZIRE researcher Gerdien Jonker, published by BRILL on 9 January 2020, addresses encounters between Jews and Muslims in interwar Berlin. Jonker describes the book as a spinoff to her previous work The Ahmadiyya Quest for Religious Progress. Continue
In an article by FOCUS-Online from January 7 the legal scholar, and Islamic scientist at the FAU, Mathias Rohe, as well as founding rector of the EZIRE, elaborates on the conflict between Sunnis and Shiites and points out opportunities how to counter this difficulty in Germany.
"On the levels of... Continue
On 28.11. Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe, legal scholar, Islamic scientist at the FAU, as well as founding rector of EZIRE, took part in a conference hosted by the police in Dortmund and the Multicultural Forum about the topic "Diversity in Democracy". In doing so the preconditions of coexistence in diver... Continue
