Interview

The series aims to bring more attention to different aspects of the Turkish community in the Austrian federal state. Many things were unknown and little differentiation had been practiced when reporting about the Turkish diaspora living in Austria. A defecit, which the VN and the EZIRE research associate wanted to catch up on.

Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek, political scientist and research associate at the EZIRE, defines discussions as an expression of successful participation in society in an interview with the Voralberger Nachrichten. Integration does not mean living together in harmony - it´s the contrary. Many parts of the Tur...

In an Interview with nordbayern.de, Mathias Rohe explains whether Mesut Özil's racism allegations in the form of a big sweeping blow against the DFB, the society and the media via Twitter are justified. Özil's statement, his image with Turkish President Erdogan did not have any political intentio...

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...

Is the use of violence legitimized by Islamic Law? Is the Koran calling for the murder of non-believers? And what is the “Islamization of the Occident” all about? These are the questions that Mathias Rohe, founding director of the EZIRE, is concerned with in a new Focus series. In “Faktencheck Islam...

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 ...

Based on the so-called "Rome-III-Regulation", the Danish advocate general at the European Court of Justice has spoken out against the recognition of private divorces based on Islamic law within the EU. He argues that women were not granted the same access to divorce as men. The final judgement of th...

In an interview with the German newspaper Allgemeine Zeitung, Mathias Rohe, Islamic Scholar and director of the EZIRE, talks about the phenomenon of child marriage. In Islamic countries, child marriage was first and foremost a phenomenon of poverty and often took place in combination with patriarcha...

A conference organized by the Frankfurt Research Center on Global Islam (FFGI) on May 05 has examined possible areas of conflict between Sharia Law and German Basic Law. Mathias Rohe, lawyer, Islamic scholar and director of EZIRE, was invited. In an interview with the broadcasting station Deutsche W...

On Sunday, April 16th, the citizens of Turkey voted on introducing a presidential system. This constitutional referendum marks a new pinnacle of political developments in Turkey that have left Western states uneasy. Many fear the country is slowly drifting toward autocracy. Where to is Turkey’s path leading? And what role does Islam play in these new developments? Hüseyin Çiçek, a research associate at the EZIRE, addressed these questions in various contributions for radio and television.