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Welcome to the Erlangen Centre for Islam & Law in Europe
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.
Mathias Rohe, EZIRE director, law professor at FAU and Islamic scholar, has been appointed to the board of trustees of the Islamkolleg Deutschland e.V. with effect from January 1, 2021. Since it was founded at the end of 2019, the Islam College in Osnabrück has dedicated itself to the training of Ge... Continue
In an online article published on 18 February in the magazine zenith, Hüseyin, a political scientist at the University of Vienna and an associate member of EZIRE, writes about the current political situation in Turkey and the associated challenges for the ruling party of Turkish President Recep Tayy... Continue
On the occasion of her master's thesis being awarded the Christoph Schumann Memorial Prize from the Faculty of Philosophy at FAU, the new EZIRE employee gave an interview about her research on Muslim life in rural areas in the context of immigration. Theresia Leis is one of several new members of th... Continue
For a Special Issue of the Journal of Muslims in Europe on Mosque archives in Germany as Sources of Community History, articles are accepted until March 31, 2021. The full CfP can be found here. Continue
On 28 January 2012, a joint online event of the Islam Advice in Bavaria (Islamberatung in Bayern) and the Erlanger Center for Islam and Law in Europe (EZIRE) took place.
At the Islamberatung in Bayern, a hospital received a request for advice for a patient order for Muslims. Although there are sp... Continue
On January 12, 2021, format Nachgefragt (Inquired) of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg published an interview with Katharina Nicolai, research assistant at EZIRE and doctoral candidate at the Chair for Politics and Society of the Middle East. Together with Eric Vollmann (rese... Continue
With reference to the Catholic News Agency (KNA), the news portals domradio.de and qantara.de published on December 14th. an assessment by Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe, Islamic scholar and lawyer at FAU, and founding rector of EZIRE, on the influence of Sharia law in Germany.
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