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Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek, political scientist and research associate at the EZIRE, comments  on the election victory of the Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Vorarlberger Nachrichten. Similar to the referendum on the introduction of the presidential system, the head of state did not achi...

In an article by Deutsche Welle, Mathias Rohe, Islamic scholar, lawyer and director of the EZIRE, explains that he sees a possible violation of the Human Rights Convention in the implementation of Austria's Islamic Law. As a step against "political Islam", the Austrian Government closes seven mos...

Under the motto "Experience the Sciences", the Bavarian Academy of the Sciences in Munich helds an open day on Saturday, May 20th, from 11am to 6pm. The EZIRE takes part in the event: Throughout the day, Dr. Jörn Thielmann, executive director of the EZIRE, as well as Dr. Mahmoud Jaraba and Alexa...

This new anthology by Hüseyin Çiçek, scientific researcher at EZIRE, and Rüdiger Braun, presents approaches to Islamic theological anthropology with a focus on the narrative of Adam and Iblis, which has found its way into all monotheistic traditions. One main emphasis of the book lies in uncovering ...

The research assistants of EZIRE participate in the teaching of the MA program Nahoststudien (Middle Eastern Studies) at the FAU. In the summerterm 2017, students once again have the chance to choose from a variety of courses - some are also open for guests!

On April 16, Turkey holds a referendum on a planned constitutional reform. The research unit for Turkish Law at the FAU, cooperation partner of EZIRE, has translated all affected text passages of the constitution from Turkish to German and highlighted the planned changes. Their aim: providing an objective basis for debate.