The largest mosque umbrella organisation in Germany, the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (known as DITIB), has had its ups and downs since its foundation in 1984 in Germany as a branch of the Turkish Religious Affairs Directorate. While (...)
Radicalisation is a phenomenon that has been striking not only in parts of Asia and Africa but also in the heart of Europe. While the number of Muslims in Germany is estimated by 4.7 million (5.8%), 70% of the almost 900,000 asylum-seekers have (...)
After five years of the Syrian war, we can recognise four conflicting parties on the ground – Al-Assad, "Islamic State", rebel groups and the Kurds. Each one of these conflicting parties has regional and international backers, who ironically do not (...)
Using religious frameworks in political contestation and mobilisation has become more eminent in recent decades, spiralling an intricate debate on the conceptualisation and implementation of such references in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) (...)