In an interview with Professor Maha El-Kaisy-Friemuth, professor of Islamic Religious Studies at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany, Qantara writer Claudia Mende asks, “What is the focus of a feminist theologian’s work?” In her interview, Professor El-Kaisy-Friemuth emphasizes the need for reform within Islam. She notes that within the newly created academic departments on…
August 29, 2014 Counter to the common interpretation, the appeal of radical anti-Western groups like ISIS among European Muslims is not driven primarily by socioeconomic deprivation. In fact, three interrelated factors play a more significant role. The first is the powerful presence of the Salafi version of Islam in the religious market of ideas. This…
August 21, 2014 The chairman of the central council of Muslims in Germany, Aiman Mazyek condemned the approach of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq. Mazyek spoke about “the infamous actions of barbarian and marauding gangs” when describing the approaches of ISIS after the murderer of US journalist…
August 21, 2014 Imam Feisal on CNN with Carol Costello Speaking out Against ISIS [CLICK FOR VIDEO]
August 16, 2014 The terror of the Islamic and State and Levante (ISIL) has been the focus of German public and media. Politicians and security authorities have raised their concern, with regards to recent religious based conflicts in some German cities. In Herford, jihadi adherents supporting ISIL attacked and injured members of the Yezidi minority…
