Lamya Kaddor

Lamya Kaddor (* 1978 in Ahlen ) is a German Muslim religious educator, scholar of Islam and author of Syrian origin. Kaddor is first chairman of the Liberal Islamic Federal.

University career

Lamya Kaddor studied Arabic, Islamic Studies, Education and Comparative Literature. From October 2004 to July 2007, they worked as a research assistant at the first in the Federal Republic of Germany established theological chair of the religion of Islam at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. From August 2007 to March 2008, she represented at this university, the new Chair of Islamic religious education. Kaddor has set up the Centre for Religious Studies, where both chairs are located on the side of Thomas Bauer, head of the Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Münster with. From the beginning, she was a member of the Executive Board of the Center for Religious Studies.

Work

Besides the university activities is Lamya Kaddor teacher in North Rhine-Westphalia school experiment " Islamic Studies in German language," which is there not as a religious education in the traditional sense. From the school year 2003/2004 she taught at an elementary school and at the now-closed Glückauf school in Dinslaken Lohberg.

Lamya Kaddor was on 6 July 2007 spokeswoman in the first episode of the forum on Friday at ZDF and is regularly seen there to this day. The television format provides Muslims with reference to the word Sunday on ARD the opportunity to speak from an Islamic perspective on theological, social and social issues.

Kaddor was a participant in the integration summit German Chancellor Angela Merkel. From August 2007 to March 2008 she took out the duties of the Chair for Islamic Religious Education at the Center for Religious Studies (CRS ) at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. In cooperation with the Department of Religion of Islam they trained together with Muhammad Kalisch future Islamic religious teachers. As a founding member Lamya Kaddor sits the "Association of teachers available for Islamic Studies in German Language in NRW" as first chairman before.

Together with Rabeya Müller 2008 she has published a book entitled The Quran for children and adults. The book was designed by the Munich artist Karl Schlamminger graphically. It contains a selection of verses from the Koran, translated, annotated and organized thematically. Kaddor work represents his own words an attempt to provide young people and lay a first access to the original.

In January 2010 her book Muslim debate appeared, female, German. My Path to a Modern Islam, with whom she wants to give a face to the " silent majority " of Muslims in Germany for the first time. Content can be the book that contains autobiographical elements, classify between the so-called criticism of Islam and Islamic fundamentalism. Kaddor explores both the attitudes of the Muslim minority as well as with the " siege mentality " of the majority society in Germany. In this CD, as a kind of prototype of a Muslim Germans how to combine both properties together easily. Bundestag President Norbert Lammert comes in a review of her book to the conclusion:

"In fact, the problem of migration and integration in Germany is not that we are too much immigration, but that we have too little naturalization. Why is this so and why it needs to change, but the book provides substantial evidence. "

On 27 May 2010 Kaddor founded in Cologne together with some other Muslims the Liberal Islamic Federation. In it she holds the office of the first chairman. According to the company, the association represents a pluralistic view of society and sees itself as an alternative to the existing Islamic organizations. The LIB is opposed to any form of racist - for example, anti-Semitic, anti-Christian or anti-Islamic - view and advertises beyond a dogma -free, contemporary interpretation of religious texts such as the Quran, as well as for a comprehensive gender equality.

Positions

Kaddor occupies an intermediary position between secular and traditionalist Muslims. It occurs in particular for the introduction of Islamic religious instruction in public schools in German language.

Your attitude to wear a headscarf, Lamya Kaddor grounds that the hijab more than a thousand years ago was considered a protection for women within society at the time. Under the conditions of modern Western society is such a way of protection - not the protection function itself - become obsolete. Orthodox Islam itself referred Kaddor as a genuinely female friendly, " the equal rights of men and women is enshrined in Islam".

Lamya Kaddor it comes to "religious knowledge " in the ordinary course of religious instruction in public schools instead of a pure " education in the faith " as they are offered in about madrasas. The lessons offer many mosques Kaddor explains: "In the Koran school is mostly about to recite the Quran and to learn the Arabic language and script in which Islamic studies is to understand the Koran ". But she says also about the madrasas: "This is much more important for the parents. Since they are sure that their children learn the ancient traditions. Since the respective national consciousness (including culture) is strongly maintained. That there are not in school. " Since Islam has not identified any recognized religious community within the meaning of Article 7, paragraph 3 is basic law in Germany, it can degrade the proclamation instruction in German schools, for the Kaddor, not yet passed.

One of the religious education to be taught outside view on the Koran historically developed Kaddor is skeptical: " The Enlightenment is not transferable for Islam." Apply a science subject to Sharia compliant education is also dispensable, because an older, Islamic enlightenment performance had " paved the way for the European Enlightenment."

Den - seen from her so - Position conservative Muslims that Paradise 'm only true believers and unbelievers openly would be expected to hell Kaddor criticized as " religious bouncer mentality ". This mentality Kaddor designated as " disrespectful and un-Islamic ".

Lamya Kaddor seated himself by Michael Rubinstein, managing director of the Jewish Community Duisburg-Mülheim/Ruhr-Oberhausen, for the elimination of prejudice and inter-religious dialogue between Jews and Muslims. Ignorance with respect to each other religion is the biggest obstacle on both sides. In an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung Kaddor criticized in 2011 the " growing Islamophobia in all layers of society '.

On the debate about Salafism in Germany Kaddor called in June 2012 in a conversation with her, the editor and an anonymous Salafists in the weekly newspaper Die Zeit " less dogma and more spirituality " for Islam. She noted that " thanks to their ( = the Salafists ) appearances, the discussion now turns all about whether Muslims are generally backward and violent. " She felt in her work " thrown back by at least 20 steps ."

In September 2012, Kaddor refused a certified by the German Federal Government Aufführungsverbotdes controversial isamfeindlichen film Innocence of Muslims from and justified this by saying: "The more you talk about a ban and the taboo of such content pushes, the more damage to you. " Discussions on special conditions for Muslims Islamophobia would promote in Germany.

Honors

The federal government recorded Lamya Kaddor on 30 November 2011 with the integration medal. Minister of State Maria Böhmer presented her with the award during a ceremony at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin. The medal honors individuals who have distinguished themselves through outstanding personal commitment in a special way to integration.

In Madrid, she was elected on 30 October 2010 on one of the most influential Muslim women in Europe. At a gala with Cherie Blair, the lawyer and wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as keynote speaker, she received the first ever " European Muslim Woman of Influence Award".

On November 8, 2009, she was honored with the Award of the Rotary Club. The award was presented in Wesel on the Lower Rhine. The award presenter Michael Rubinstein, managing director of the Jewish Community of Duisburg, Mülheim / Ruhr, Oberhausen, emphasized the use Kaddor for the inter -religious dialogue and a liberal, enlightened Islam. Kaddor try again " reduce prejudice and build bridges ."

The project initiated by Kaddor and together with Harry Harun Behr Rabeya Müller and published textbook "Sapphire 5/6 " was awarded at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009, the Medal of Honor of the BEST EUROPEAN SCHOOL BOOK AWARD 2009. The Committee stated: " It is recognized that sapphire represents Islam and clearly known, combines the themes of the everyday life of young people in Germany and makes references to other religions. " The book was published in August 2008 as the first German -language textbook of Islamic Studies at state schools. It was the first textbook that has been approved by the German Ministries of Education of the Länder for these lessons. Since 2008 it is used in North Rhine -Westphalia, Bavaria, Lower Saxony and Bremen. The book is laid from Munich Kösel -Verlag. A variety of educators and scholars of Islam acted as authors of the book, the content is working with pictures, graphics, photographs, calligraphy and texts. The book received extensive media coverage.

Litigation with the University of Münster and criminal proceedings

A July 2008 ongoing legal battle between Kaddor and the Centre for Religious Studies, University of Münster was finished in October 2011 setting out the method. The Münstersche newspaper had reported that the formerly employed at the Center for Religious Studies Kaddor was accused of embezzling research funds. The Westfälische Nachrichten reported in addition to a possible campaign against Kaddor, into which her ​​former boss, Sven Kalisch was involved. A comparison of the Civil Court of Münster concluded with a commitment Kalisch, not to spread the assertion Kaddor was merely forestalled with her ​​dismissal of the University of Münster. Rise to this litigation was an e -mail that should have shipped about three months after leaving Kaddor to numerous addressees Kalisch. On 28 October 2011, the procedure initiated by the public prosecutor against Munster process Kaddor from the Münster District Court was set.

After researching the Frankfurter Rundschau, the University of Münster to the money to the issue in the Kaddor process, have acquired and tried under the so -called December fever to distract the accusations against Kaddor of their own inadequacies. The Münstersche newspaper also reported about it and wrote in this connection of a " donation scandal". The University had a whole series of allegations put forward, of which the prosecution had only taken part. In the halted trial of Kaddor contested the judge that the prosecutor had unilaterally determined against Munster Kaddor.

Kaddor lawyer Klaus Michael Alenfelder filed a discrimination lawsuit against Sven Kalisch and the University of Münster.

Publications

• Thomas Bauer, Lamya Kaddor, Katja Strobel (ed.): Islamic religious education - backgrounds, problems, perspectives. Publications of the Center for Religious Studies Münster, Volume 1 Lit, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7097-9.
• The need for Islamic religious education. Experience from the pilot school " Islamic instruction as a separate subject in German language" in Dinslaken Lohberg (NRW). In: Care home in Westphalia. 18, The Bund, Münster, 2005. ISSN 0933-6346
• Peace and peace education from an Islamic perspective. In: International Peace Cologne ( ed.): Education for Peace - contributions to the dialogue of cultures and religions in school. International Peace Education, Volume 1 Lit, Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-9985-1.
• Lamya Kaddor, Bernd Mussinghoff, Thomas Bauer ( ed.): The Future of Religion in Europe. Publications of the Center for Religious Studies Münster, Volume 5 Lit, Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-8510-6. In this: Bernd Mussinghoff and Lamya Kaddor: Introduction to the future of religion in Europe.
• Islamic religious education and Islamic education in German schools. Goethe -Institut, 2007.
• How can integration of Muslim youth succeed? In: Congress documentation Stuttgart impetus to cultural diversity. Differentiate instead generalize. Forum of Cultures Stuttgart e.V. 2007.
• Lamya Kaddor (ed.): Islamic educational theory. Publications of the Center for Religious Studies Münster, Volume 8 Lit, Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-8258-1236-2. In this: Lamya Kaddor: The everyday lives of Muslim youth between modernity and religion.
• Lamya Kaddor, Rabeya Müller, Harry Harun Behr ( Eds.): SAPPHIRE. Religious book for young Muslims. Kösel, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-466-50782-5.
• Lamya Kaddor and Rabeya Müller ( Translator and Editor): The Quran for children and adults. Verlag CH Beck, Munich, 3rd edition 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-57222-7. ( Review of the first edition of 2008 SocialNet )
• Lamya Kaddor: Muslim, female, German. My Path to a Modern Islam, Beck, München 2010, ISBN 3406591604 and dtv, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-423-34677-1.
• Lamya Kaddor and Rabeya Müller: Islam for children and adults. Verlag CH Beck, Munich, 1st Edition 2012, ISBN 978-3-406-64016-2.
• Lamya Kaddor and Michael Rubinstein: So strange and yet so close. Jews and Muslims in Germany. Patmos Verlag, Ostfildern 2013, ISBN 978-3-8436-0384-3.