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"Between Jews and Muslims" is based on the assets of the Oettinger family, a commented collection of personal belongings, documents and photographs that is being held in a shrine by the descendants of the family up until today. Its discovery allowed reconstructing the personal decisions of seven generations of a family...

Since the beginning of the Arab spring, it has become apparent that borders in the Middle East are redrawn. The struggle for power and resources has also framed the Iraqi-Kurdish referendum for independence. In the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Hüseyin Çiçek comments on the backgrounds of the election. F...

Will the two conflicting Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah manage to achieve a lasting reconciliation and to establish a united Palestinian leadership? The Carnegie Middle East Center has asked a variety of scholars to assess the chances for reconciliation. Among them is Mahmoud Jaraba, politica...

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 his new contribution "Weder Fluch noch Segen. Die Türkei und die deutsche Einheit", Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek, political scientist and scientific researcher at EZIRE, analyses the impact of the German reunification for the relationship with Turkey. His article is part of the edited volume "Europa und ...

In the following winterterm, the scientific researchers at EZIRE once again offer a variety of courses that can be visited by students of the MA program Middle Eastern studies or as guest students. Mathias Rohe teaches the principles of Islam law, Nina Nowar elaborates on the political reorganiza...

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...

Following an invitation from EZIRE and CEOS (Center for Euro-Oriental Studies),  Prof. Hansjörg Schmid, director of the Swiss Center of Islam and Society, will hold a lecture on July 14 on the following topic: How much space for Islam in the public sphere? Debates on values, theology and recognit...

The Centre for Euro-Oriental Studies (CEOS), cooperation partner of the EZIRE, kindly invites you to join the discussion meeting on: „Islam im Wahlkampf (Islam in Election Campaigns)“ on Friday, 23/06/2017, from 6.15 to 7.45 pm. The lecture will take place in the small auditorium, Bismarckstr. 1a, E...

The debate on how to deal with criminal clans that are up to mischief in Germanys main cities and because of whom certain quarters have dwindled to so-called "No-Go-Areas", is not new. Internal security has also been one of the main campaign issues in the state legislature elections of the German fe...