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What does Islam say about the existential questions of life? Is sex allowed before marriage? When does life begin? Which interventions in the body are allowed? The series "Thinking and Living Islam" deals with the big questions of Muslim everyday life in Germany and what the various Islamic currents... Continue

On 30 January 2019 the first ever German symposium about clan criminality was held in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). EZIRE-director Mathias Rohe accepted the invitation of Herbert Reul (CDU), minister of the interior NRW, and spoke before the 400 attendees of the event. Continue

In the article "Religious Policies in Turkey - The service of Diyanet", which appeared January 17th 2019 on Deutschlandfunk, EZIRE employee Hüseyin Çiçek comments on the Turkish religious authority Diyanet. Regarding the assumption, the foundation of Diyanet would also have aimed to control relig... Continue

There is a lot of talk and debate about "Islam", but Islam as such does not exist - as in Christianity there are many differences in the Islamic religion. Together with the political scientist and religious politician Hüseyin I. Çiçek, the Vorarlberger Nachrichten has put together a small ABC on Isl... Continue

In the article "Skepticism and cautionary words: Isolated Ditib announces new start", which was published in the Aachener Nachrichten January 11, Jörn Thielmann, Managing Director of the Erlangen Center for Islam and Law in Europe, comments on the desired restart of the controversial Ditib, the ... Continue

Issue 2, 2018 of the the Salzburger Theological Journal includes an article by EZIRE associate Hüseyin Çiçek titled "The AKP's Islamic-Conservative Populism". The journal, which focuses on systematic scientific questions, dedicates this issue to the main topic of "right-wing populism and religion... Continue

The series aims to bring more attention to different aspects of the Turkish community in the Austrian federal state. Many things were unknown and little differentiation had been practiced when reporting about the Turkish diaspora living in Austria. A defecit, which the VN and the EZIRE research associate wanted to catch up on. Continue