Month: August 2016

A couple of weeks ago, the interior ministers of the Christian Democratic Union put a burka ban on their agenda. Ever since, Germany discusses the Islamic garment for women once again - probably also influenced by the current events in France, where some communities have enforced a burkini ban on th...

The new publication of Mathias Rohe "Islam in Germany. A Stocktaking" will be released on the 19th of September 2016. Muslims have been living in Germany for decades, but still many of them are seen as alien, sometimes even as a threat. With his profound survey on Islam in Germany, Mathias Rohe c...

With regard to the several headlines on this topic in recent german newspaper articles, we want to take the opportunity and gather Mathias Rohes statements on radicalization and Islamist extremism. Many have questions in mind like: Why is Islam so prone to violence? What does Sharia mean? And which ...