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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 the news page BR24 on September 16 it has been elaborated on the question, why legalistic-Islamists pose a threat to democracy. According to homeland-security agents, legalistic Islamism, as opposed to Jihadism, was characterized by nonviolence. The aim was rather a permanent infiltration of soci... Continue
According to a press release from September 1, Federal Minister of Interior Affairs, Horst Seehofer, has appointed 12 members for the newly-established Independent Body of Experts for Islamophobia. Among them Mathias Rohe, Law Professor and Islamic Scientist at the FAU, as well as founding rector of... Continue
On August 12, as part of the forum MuslimDebate by the Alhambra Gesellschaft Mathias Rohe, Law Professor an Islamic Scientist at the FAU as well as founding rector of the EZIRE, participated in a discussion ander the guiding question What is a "political Islam"? Moderated by Eren Güvercin, Rohe disc... Continue
On August 5 the websites kath.ch and Domradio.de released an article, in which the law professor, Islamic scientist and founding rector of the EZIRE, Mathias Rohe, evaluated the importance of the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (CDHRI), which was adopted 30 years ago, on August 5 1990 b... Continue
In the article on web.de, "From cruzifix to headscarf: this is the state of the debate 25 years later," Jörn Thielmann, managing director, and Mathias Rohe, director at EZIRE were among the experts asked for comments about the topic.
The law to put up a cruzifix in every Bavarian classroom was, i... 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
