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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.
On July 21, Mathias Rohe, law professor, Islamic scientist an founding rector of the EZIRE, elaborated on the media platform tagesschau.de on the handling of legalistic Islamism in Germany.
He stresses, that many positions in Islamic Law on physical punishment, that are being advocated by legalis... Continue
On July 13, the associated EZIRE-member Hüseyin Çiçek commented in the Austrian newspaper Der Standard the transformation of the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque by the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
For Çiçek this transformation does not only imply an attack on the freedom of religion in... Continue
In his commentary on May 14 in the Vienna-based newspaper Der Standard Hüseyin I. Çiçek, political scientist and associated EZIRE-member, elaborates on the possible impact of the Corona Crisis on the governing style of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
According to Çiçek the political m... Continue
On May 4, the news forum Qantara.de published an interview between the legal scholar, Islamic scientist and founding rector of the EZIRE, Mathias Rohe, and the chief editor of the Evangelischen Pressedienst [Protestant News Service], Judith Kubitschek. Rise gave the wish of many Islamic associations... Continue
Mahmoud Jaraba, Associated Member at EZIRE and Research Fellow at Max-Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology, has a new publication in the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs titled „Khul‘ in Action: How Do Local Muslim Communities in Germany Dissolve an Islamic Religious-Only Marriage?“
khul‘ i... Continue
At the end of April 2020, it was announced that the Hessian state government would cancel the cooperation with DİTİB regarding the Islamic religious education in schools. Based on available reports, “the doubts about the necessary criteria by Ditib Hesse could not be eliminated to the necessary degr... Continue
On April 21 2020, after a consultation at the Oettingers' grave - see her book 'Etwas hoffen muss das Herz'. Eine Familiengeschichte von Juden, Christen und Muslimen (Göttingen: Wallstein, 2018) - Gerdien Jonker's "Berlin Walks marked by the Corona Virus" came to an end. After the relaxation in Ber... Continue
