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In an article of Focus Online (27 June 2019), EZIRE director and Islamic scholar Mathias Rohe evaluates the application to expel clan members, submitted by the AfD to the Bundestag. For the AfD the massive fight of the authorities against the criminal members of Arab Families during the last months ...

The term "Sharia" polarizes in Germany, but only few people know what this term really means. BR radiowissen followed this topic in its broadcast of June 26 - among others, law and Islam scientist and EZIRE director Professor Dr. Mathias Rohe gets a say as an expert. To the BR podcast (Prof. R...

What does Islam say about the existential questions of life? Is sex allowed before marriage? When does life begin? Which interventions in the body are allowed? The series "Thinking and Living Islam" deals with the big questions of Muslim everyday life in Germany and what the various Islamic currents...

In an article in the Vorarlberger Nachrichten of 25 June 2019, political scientist and Turkey expert Hüseyin Çiçek, an associated EZIRE member, deals with the election victory of the opposition candidate Imamoglu in the new elections in the metropolis of Istanbul. Opposition candidate Ekrem Imamo...

In an article by "The Arab Weekly" from 23 June 2019, political scientist and associated EZIRE-member Hüseyin Çiçek deals with the increasing challenges Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces. Surveys predicted the victory of the opposition in the resumed elections in Istanbul, and both econom...

Hüseyin Çiçek, political scientist and associate member of EZIRE, writes in a guest commentary in Neue Zürcher Zeitung on 20 June 2019 about the upcoming re-election in Istanbul and the future of Turkey. For Turkey, the next few days will be trend-setting - the repetition of the elections in Ista...

Hüseyin Çiçek, who works as a university assistant in the Alevi Theological Studies course at the University of Vienna since May 2019, but still belongs to the EZIRE as an Associate Member, writes in the Tagesspiegel about the Turkish-Russian arms deals: "The anger of the West comes too late" - from...

In an Interview with Deutsche Welle (19 May 2019), EZIRE Director Mathias Rohe talks about the new trial against the members of the so-called Sharia Police in Wuppertal. Rohe welcomes this step and at the same time warns against generalisations. According to Rohe, it is right to reopen the proces...

Today, on May 23rd 2019, the Federal Republic of Germany celebrates the 70th birthday of its constitution (Grundgesetz). In a 15-minute radio feature by WDR ZeitZeichen reporter Marfa Heimbach, EZIRE-director Mathias Rohe is one of the interviewees. As a professor of law and islamic studies, he m...

On May 9 2019, within the context of the Ruhr-Conference, the Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia held the panel „Strengthening the rule of law – supporting integration”. Invited experts discussed how to inspire those to follow the rule of law who have so far evaded it. Also attending was ...