Category: Publications
IfI Press Release on the UN Resolution Against the Defamation of Religions
Bonn (February 22, 2010) – Islamic forces in the UN Human Rights Commission emphatically support a definition of human rights according to the Islamic understanding of that concept. Prof. Christine Schirrmacher from the Institute of Islamic Studies draws attention to this fact on the occasion of the recently renewed UN resolution against the defamation of religions.
IfI Press Release on the Radicalization Among Isolated Migrants
Bonn (February 22, 2010) The number of German jihadists (“holy warriors”) in Afghan, Pakistani, and Yemenite training camps is rising. According to a 2007 study by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior titled “Muslims in Germany”, ten to twelve percent of Muslims shows the potential for a politically and religiously motivated radicalization. The Islam scholar Christine Schirrmacher warns: The danger of a “home-grown terrorism” is increasing in Germany, too.
Islam and Christianity Nr. 1/2010 (10. Jg.)
The Political Legacy of Islam
“Divine Grace” in the Bible and in the Qur’an
The biblical concept of “grace” has many meanings which are hardly understood any longer outside of the Church. The term has been divested of its senses in modern English, and its modernday usage does not cover the multifaceted meanings of the biblical term. However, grace is a fundamental biblical concept which distinguishes the Christian faith from all other religions.Is the Qur’an and Islam familiar with the concept God’s “grace” at all? What are the similarities and differences between the Bible and the Qur’an? What points of contact can be used to convey the biblical message to Muslims?
“Love” in the Bible and the Qur’an
(Deutsch) Zum Vergleich des in Bibel und Koran vermittelten Gottesbildes ist das Attribut der „Liebe” Gottes, das in der Bibel von zentraler Bedeutung ist, ein guter Ansatzpunkt.
(Deutsch) Rezension: Im Namen Allahs? Christenverfolgung im Islam
(Deutsch) Aachen/Freiburg (epd). In der Islamischen Welt findet laut der Aachener Islamwissenschaftlerin
Rita Breuer eine „Reislamisierung“ statt. Darunterleiden vor allem Christen. Sie brauchen ihrer
Ansicht nach von der westlichen Welt noch mehr Unterstützung als bisher.
The Christian Doctrine of God in the East from the Beginnings of Islam to the Present
This volume gathers papers presented at the symposium on the Christian Doctrine of God in the Mashriq held at the graduate school of the George August University of Göttingen under the title “Images of God, Gods and the World.” With it Martin Tamcke, expert in Eastern Church studies and History at the University, has broken fresh ground for “a theological history of the diverse traditions of the Christian Orient” (p. VIII).
