04.07.2011 The University of Osnabrueck, which implemented the first programme at German universities to train imams in October 2010, celebrated the 30 participants’ successful completion of the two-semester course last week. The key agenda of the course is to train imams in Germany (who are predominantly from Turkey) in the German language as well as…
6 August 2010 In his new book, Rauf Ceylan reports on the daily lives of imams in Germany. According to the professor for religious studies, imams are the key to a new Islam. At first glance, it seems that there is no other topic as well-trodden as this one — imams in Germany. Even those…
A new study reveals a worrying trend among young Muslims: violence increases with growing attachment to Islam. With increasing religiosity, the acceptance of “macho cultures” and the use of violent media also rise. The study was conducted by the Interior Ministry and the Criminological Research Institute of Niedersachsen (KFN). Not Islam as such is the…
In the ongoing debate of German Muslim integration, two politicians have asserted that Germany does not need a “liberal racism” as propagated by Geert Wilders in the neighboring Netherlands. Both conservative politician Alois Glück and social democrat and interior minister of Berlin, Erhart Körting, talk about accommodating Muslims, including potential worries, without drawing on prejudices….
Imams have a strong influence on Muslims living in Germany. One of their tasks is the issuing of fatwas — religious opinions on Islamic law which can serve as behavioral guidelines for Muslims in specific situations. For years now, the teachings of imams in Germany have been hotly debated. The vast majority (90 percent) are…
