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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 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
On the occasion of the NATO-summit in London Hüseyin Çiçek, associated EZIRE member and political scientist, commented on the tense relation between Turkey and the other NATO member states in the Austrian newspaper Standard on December 5.
According to Çiçek it was the main concern of the Turkish ... Continue
Associated EZIRE-member and political scientist Hüseyin Çiçek talked on November 28 with the news platform Ahval about the Turkish influence in Germany.
As the central institution through which the Turkish government was exercising influence in Germany, he names DITIB, the Turkish-Islamic Union R... Continue
