Sub-Project 6

Islamic Sermons: Source of Radicalization or its Antidote?

Islamic sermons are in Germany by the public often regarded as a source of radicalisation. Muslim associations, on the other hand are seen as their antidote. Despite their importance for the life of the Islamic faith – attending a friday sermon is a religious obligation for Muslim men – so far, Islamic sermons have hardly been researched scientifically, even in a global context, but have rather been the subject of journalisitic representation. 

This sub-project aims to address the necessary socio-political debate and the complexity of the topic by means of a systematic, methodological and interdisciplinary scientific analysis of the Friday sermons. In this way, the problems associated with this can be better understood and reformed (with Islamic theologians, imams and Muslim associations) can be carried out in relation to their content.