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Interview Prince Karim Aga Khan IV

"The Core of the Terrorist Problem Is Political"

In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the hereditary imam of Shiite Ismaili Muslims, argues that today's Middle Eastern terrorists are fueled by political motivations and not religion.
Portrait Sadiq Al-Azm

An Argumentative Arab Enlightener

The Syrian philosopher Sadiq Al-Azm is one of the highest-profile and most strident critics of the Arab world. To this day, his ideas are between all fronts, making him enemies of both Islamist and secular dogmatists. Sadiq Al-Azm is soon to celebrate his 75th birthday. A portrait by Kersten Knipp
Maimonides – A Symbol of Integration

Respected by Muslims, Jews and Christians Alike

Maimonides was born in about 1135 in Cordoba, at the height of the "Golden Age" of the Jews and Muslims in Spain. His main theological philosophical work, the "Guide for the Perplexed", he wrote in Arabic. By Stefana Sabin
The Great Arab Traveller Ibn Battuta

Contemporary Witness or Impostor?

Ibn Battuta is regarded as the Arab Marco Polo. Now the German Orientalist Ralf Elger claims to have discovered that Ibn Battuta falsified most of his travelogues. By Lewis Gropp
Views of Europe from a Combative Intellectual

Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq's Literary Investigations

Among the many Arab intellectuals who travelled through Europe in the 19th century, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq stands out as a dazzling character. He was a brilliant intellectual, and he was a combative spirit. A portrait by Barbara Winckler
Islamic Studies in Germany

Fostering Intellectual Islam

In future, centres for Islamic Studies are to be set up at German universities to train Muslim religious scholars. Eren Güvercin spoke with Peter Strohschneider, chairman of the German Council of Science and Humanities, about these plans
Rauf Ceylan: "The Preachers of Islam"

Scholastic Offensive

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. By Thilo Guschas
College Training for Muslim Imams in Germany

A Laborious Process

One German state is hoping to improve the integration of its Muslim community by offering imam training programs at university. Michael Hollenbach reports
Female Imams in Germany

The Call of the Muezzin Women

Women rarely become preachers of the Islamic faith. In Germany there are only 13 female imams. Their job: pastoral care and integration. Mosques are urgently in need of women providing such services. Ulrike Hummel reports
Religious Women's Societies in Syria

Angry, But Tame?

Syria's religious women's societies have one thing in common: They aspire to re-Islamization, which bolsters their self-confidence toward the West, themselves and their regime. Mona Sarkis on the women's society known as "Qubaisiat"