Research

The study has been crafted over a 3-year-period (2015-2018) and broadly examines the living environments of Muslims in Bavaria. Its second purpose is that of a policy paper as it offers strategies and recommendations for the Bavarian government.

The study "Islamic Community Life in Berlin" was presented in Berlin on 17th July 2018, commissioned by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe and published by Prof. Dr. Riem Spielhaus, Nina Mühe, M.A. and the EZIRE. The study, which takes up publications from 1999 and 2006, provides an ove...

18th July 2018 at 6 pm, the event  Islam in Bayern - Vortragsreihe und Worldcafé will take place at the  Bavarian Academy of Sciences in Munich (in German language). Project leader Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe will present the essential results of the study "Islam in Bavaria". The study was commissione...

In the beginning of march, the newest publication by Dr. Gerdien Jonker, scientific researcher at EZIRE, will be published by the Wallstein Verlag. In "Etwas hoffen muss das Herz", religious studies scholar Jonker traces an extract of European religious history in the kaleidoscope of a family histor...

In an interview with the broadcasting station Deutsche Welle, Mathias Rohe, lawyer, Islamic scholar and director of EZIRE, welcomes the verdict of the German Federal Supreme Court on the Wuppertal "Sharia police". The court ruled that public presence with reflective vests marked "Sharia police" can ...

Just how peaceful is religion? In a debate with the German newspaper Nürnberger Nachrichten, Mathias Rohe, director of EZIRE, debates the violent potential of Islam and Christendom together with Tarek Badawia, professor for Islamic-Religious Studies and Islamic education at FAU, and Stefan Ark Nitsc...

Please note that the EZIRE team will be unavailable from 22/12/2017 until 05/01/2018 due to the christmas break. We will be back in the office on Monday, 08/01/2018. Meanwhile, we wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

On behalf of the Hessen Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts, Mathias Rohe, Islamic and legal scholar and director of EZIRE, has examined a possible influence of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) on the faith-oriented Islamic education in Hessen. Furthermore, Roh...

The conference "End(s) of Time(s)", hosted by the IKGF Erlangen in cooperation with EZIRE, takes place from 11 December until 13 December 2017 in the seminar room of building D in the Hartmannstr. 14 in Erlangen. Scholars from different disciplines will discuss concepts of last judgements and salvat...

From the 25th until the 28th of November 2017, the 17th Munich Science Days will take place at the Theresienhöhe in Munich. Based on theme "Plans for the future: Research, Society, Hamas", more than 300 scientists will present their research topics to the public. The EZIRE also participates: On S...