Interview

In an interview with the radio station Deutschlandfunk on November 16, Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe gave an assessment of the plans of the Austrian Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, to introduce political Islam as a criminal offense in view of the recent terrorist attacks in Europe. The complete interview with ...

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...

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 , Judith Kubitschek. Rise gave the wish of many Islamic associations and mosques in Germany t...

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...

On Wednesday, 16 October 2019, political scientist Hüseyin Çiçek, together with Gudrun Harrer (Der Standard), Walter Posch (Institute for Peacebuilding and Conflict Management at the National Defence Academy Vienna) and Jörg Winter (ORF Istanbul), discussed in the Journal-Panorama of the Austrian ra...

In an article in the Vorarlberger Nachrichten of 25 June 2019, political scientist and Turkey expert Hüseyin Çiçek, an associated EZIRE member, deals with the election victory of the opposition candidate Imamoglu in the new elections in the metropolis of Istanbul. Opposition candidate Ekrem Imamo...

In an Interview with Deutsche Welle (19 May 2019), EZIRE Director Mathias Rohe talks about the new trial against the members of the so-called Sharia Police in Wuppertal. Rohe welcomes this step and at the same time warns against generalisations. According to Rohe, it is right to reopen the proces...

Today, on May 23rd 2019, the Federal Republic of Germany celebrates the 70th birthday of its constitution (Grundgesetz). In a 15-minute radio feature by WDR ZeitZeichen reporter Marfa Heimbach, EZIRE-director Mathias Rohe is one of the interviewees. As a professor of law and islamic studies, he m...

In an interview with the Erlanger Nachrichten on April 8, 2019, EZIRE director Mathias Rohe discusses the actions of family clans in Berlin. He talks about the structure of clans, the question of the state´s loss of control in some areas, the state's handling with clans and the role of women in clan...

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...