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Welcome to the FAU Research Centre for Islam and Law in Europe
The FAU Research Centre for Islam and Law in Europe (FAU EZIRE) investigates the diverse challenges of social transformation caused by digitalization, a liberal international order that is increasingly under threat and different variations of globalization. We explore individual patterns of thought, education and development processes, social constellations and cultural practices along with their historic dimensions. Our work focuses particularly on regional, national, and international developments relating to Islam and Muslim communities.
We cordially invite you to apply to participate in the workshop "Kinship, Illegal Cooperation, and Criminalization. “Clan Crime” Debates and Family-Based Networks in European and Global Perspective", which is funded as part of the DFG project KIN-COOPERATIONS: Illegal Cooperation and Kinship Dynami...
Recently published by Routledge and edited by Frank Peter (FAU EZIRE), Paula Schrode and Ricarda Stegmann, this reader tackles central questions regarding the academic study of Islam. It addresses and contextualizes current discourse with the goal of giving a stimulating insight into the discipline...
On 20 February 2026, C.H.Beck will publish the book ‘The Clans of al-Rashidiya – Arab Families and Their Criminal Networks’ by Dr Mahmoud Jaraba.
Former FAU EZIRE member Dr Serdar Aslan provided insights in the ZDF program Forum am Freitag (German) into a study he conducted together with Dr Jörn Thielmann on Friday sermons in mosques in Germany. For his research, Aslan analysed over two thousand sermon texts covering a period of around twent...
The “Interactions” project, based at the Research Center for Islam and Law in Europe at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) and led by Dr. Jörn Thielmann, has been examining issues surrounding the impact of social discourse on Islamism and radicalization on Muslim communities fo...
This workshop seeks to explore the diverse and dynamic ways in which heritage in the Middle East has been shaped and contested, comprising discussions on historical narratives, policy strategies, religious debates, literary representations, sensory culture and architectural transformations.
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