FAU EZIRE in the Media

After the fall of the Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad last weekend, the country now faces an uncertain future. Prof. Mathias Rohe shared his perspective on the current situation in Syria on the German television programme Frankenschau aktuell.

In the 16th episode of the DialoguePerspectives podcast, Gerdien Jonker and Bekim Agai talk about the conditions for collective remembering, the gaps in collective memory, and the significance of canon and canonization. They specifically focus on Muslim-influenced life experiences and realities in Germany and the associated remembrance culture. Furthermore, they ask: What kind of remembrance culture does a society need that is composed of pluralities?

Last week, the Süddeutsche Zeitung interviewed EZIRE researcher Mahmoud Jaraba about the riots in the Ruhr area. In mid-June, two clans engaged in open street battles in Essen and Castrop-Rauxel. Jaraba also criticizes the inefficiency of police structures

Am vergangenen Donnerstag, den 29.06.2023, veröffentlichte der Unabhängige Expertenkreis Muslimfeindlichkeit (UEM), dem auch EZIRE-Direktor Prof. Mathias Rohe angehörte, ihren Abschlussbericht mit dem Titel ‚Muslimfeindlichkeit - Eine deutsche Bilanz‘. Auf die Veröffentlichung folgte ein breites Medienecho.

An article by Vatican News makes Islamic theology at German universities a subject of discussion. EZIRE founding director Prof. Mathias Rohe is interviewed about the current state, achievements, and possibilities of Islamic theology in Germany.

In an interview with Götz Nordbruch, co-director of ufuq.de, Mahmoud Jaraba spoke, among other things, about current trends within the Salafist scene in Bavaria and discussed ways of dealing with said scene. In general, the influence the Salafist scene has had on its followers had been quite powe...

On 21 March, an article by the political scientist and religious scholar at the University of Vienna, as well as an associate member of the EZIRE, Hüseyin Çiçek, was published on the news site Ahval. In the article, Çiçek addresses the current debates on the integration of Islam and Muslims in Eu...