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To avoid misunderstandings or, better, to not even let them emerge - this is the goal of the newly launched and so far unique Islam consultancy in Bavaria. The consultancy is based at the Eugen-Biser-Foundation in Munich and also receives support from the Robert Bosch Foundation. Researchers from the Erlangen Center for Islam and Law in Europe EZIRE accompany the project scientifically. 

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.

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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.

Mathias Rohe, founder and director of the EZIRE, was awarded an honorary doctorate on 27.09.2018 at a ceremony at Ankara University. Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. Rohe was awarded for his excellent scientific contributions to intercultural and international projects in his fields. Especially the merits in ...

Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek, political scientist and research associate at the EZIRE, defines discussions as an expression of successful participation in society in an interview with the Voralberger Nachrichten. Integration does not mean living together in harmony - it´s the contrary. Many parts of the Tur...

In the following winterterm, the scientific researchers at EZIRE once again offer a variety of courses that can be visited by students of the MA program Middle Eastern studies or as guest students. Dr. Jörn Thielmann, Alexander Braig und Stephanie Müssig take on the Introduction to Middle Eastern...