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The interest in the history of the guest worker and their home countries is growing in Germany and Austria in recent years. Although there is a discussion with this topic in different German and Austrian Universities and cities, the complex history of the Turkic people and/or Muslims with an Europea...

The current summary of news coverage in Turkish daily newspapers. The "islaMedia" newsletter covered the topics of migration, integration, politics and religion in the European editions of Turkish daily newspapers. Interested readers were provided with an overview of the most important opinions a...

Conference "Politik und Religion" on 24th - 25th April 2015 in Nuremberg. How public and political can and should religion be? What is its purpose in the context of secular civil society and politics? How can religion responsibly shape the open space of a liberal-democratic  constitution? Having ...

A depiction of the principles of the decision as well as an English commentary by Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe, Judge at the OLG a.D. and director of EZIRE

The international workshop will take place on 18th - 20th February 2015 in Erlangen. The third workshop of the post graduate program Islamic theology with the focus on Islamic law discusses the ambivalence of Islamic normativity in the conflict area of religious claims and German law.  Based on t...

By awarding Dr. Meltem Kulaçatan and Dr. Riem Spielhaus, both from the Erlangen Centre for Islam and Law in Europe (EZIRE), the Renate Wittern-Sterzel-Prize for the Promotion of Equality and Diversity, the university recognizes the extraordinary commitment of these two researchers on promoting diver...