Lamya Kaddor

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Lamya Kaddor (2018)

Lamya Kaddor (born June 11, 1978 in Ahlen ) is a German teacher , Muslim religious educator , Islamic scholar and journalist. Kaddor was the founding chairwoman of the Liberal Islamic Federation .

Life

Kaddor was born in 1978 as the daughter of Syrian immigrants in Ahlen in Westphalia. She is married to Thorsten Gerald Schneiders , a political scientist and news editor at Deutschlandfunk in Cologne , and lives in Duisburg .

education

Lamya Kaddor completed her master's degree in Arabic , Islamic , educational and comparative studies in 2003 at the University of Münster .

Professional background

From 2004 to 2008 she was a research assistant at the chair “Religion of Islam” as well as a lecturer within the framework of teacher training at the Center for Religious Studies (CRS) at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster. This was followed by teaching assignments at various universities in North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 2003 she has been working as a teacher in Dinslaken as part of the North Rhine-Westphalian school experiment "Islamkunde in deutscher Sprache". From 2008 to 2009 she headed the “ Working Group for Islamic Studies Teachers” for the Düsseldorf district government . After being granted the Islamic teaching license ( Idschāza ), she taught the regular subject Islamic Religion since 2013.

Act

In addition to her university work, Lamya Kaddor is a teacher in the North Rhine-Westphalian school experiment “ Islamkunde in Deutschen Sprache ”, which is not understood there as religious instruction in the traditional sense. From the 2003/2004 school year she taught at a primary school and at the now closed Glückauf secondary school in Dinslaken-Lohberg . When five students from the school joined the “ Lohberger Brigade ” and went to Syria for the jihad , Lamya Kaddor felt this was a conditional personal defeat.

Lamya Kaddor was a guest in the first episode of the forum on Friday at ZDF on July 6, 2007 and can still be seen there regularly to this day. The television format offers Muslims the opportunity to speak from an Islamic perspective on theological, societal and social issues.

Kaddor was a participant of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel's integration summit . From August 2007 to March 2008 she was the substitute professor for Islamic Religious Education at the Center for Religious Studies (CRS) of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster. In cooperation with the Chair for the Religion of Islam, she trained future Islamic religion teachers together with Muhammad Kalisch . As a founding member, Lamya Kaddor chairs the “Association of Teachers for Islamic Studies in German in North Rhine-Westphalia” as the first chairperson.

On June 17, 2017, a demonstration by Muslims against Islamist terror took place in Cologne under the motto “Not with us!”. Kaddor had called for this demonstration. According to Kaddor, around 2000 participants were there. In contrast, the police spoke of about 300 demonstrators. Ramadan and the boycott by the Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institute for Religion were named as reasons for the low participation .

"The Koran for Children and Adults"

In 2008, together with the Islamic scholar Rabeya Müller , she published a book entitled The Koran for children and adults . The book was designed by the Munich artist Karl Schlamminger . It contains a selection of verses from the Koran that have been translated into simple and easily understandable German, commented and thematically structured, and which also enable laypeople to read the stories in the Koran in chronological order. The work represents an attempt to offer children and laypeople a first access to the original. Der Spiegel considers this to be “a fairly revolutionary act in the Islamic world”. However, the liberal interpretation of the Koran by Kaddor and Müller was criticized by some conservative Islamic circles: "The edition for which Kaddor and Müller was responsible [...] outraged conservative Muslims, especially in that both editors reassembled the 'Word of God' at their own discretion [ …] Have. ”-“ Koran light, without spanking verse and without virgins. ”Some traditional Muslims were particularly angry that the Huris waiting in paradise are not called virgins in the translation , but partners .

Legal dispute with the University of Münster and discontinued criminal proceedings

A legal dispute that had been going on between Kaddor and the Center for Religious Studies at the University of Münster since July 2008 was ended in October 2011 when the proceedings were closed. The Münstersche Zeitung reported that Kaddor, who was formerly employed at the Center for Religious Studies, was accused of embezzling research funds. The Westfälische Nachrichten also reported on a possible campaign against Kaddor, in which her former superior Sven Kalisch was also involved. A settlement before the regional court in Münster ended with an obligation on the part of Kalisch not to spread the claim that Kaddor had only preempted the University of Münster with her resignation. The reason for this legal dispute was an email that Kalisch is said to have sent to numerous addressees around three months after Kaddor left the company. A criminal case initiated by the public prosecutor's office in Münster against Kaddor for breach of trust ended on October 28, 2011 with a suspension against payment .

According to research by the Frankfurter Rundschau , the University of Münster is said to have appropriated the money that was at issue in the Kaddor trial as part of the so-called December fever and tried to divert attention from its own failures through the allegations against Kaddor. The Münstersche Zeitung also reported on it and wrote of a "donation scandal" in this context. The university has made a number of allegations, only part of which the prosecution has taken. In the closed trial against Kaddor, the judges reprimanded that the Münster public prosecutor's office had unilaterally investigated Kaddor.

In 2010, Kaddor's lawyer Klaus Michael Alenfelder brought a discrimination claim against Sven Kalisch and the University of Münster. Nothing is known about the outcome.

"Muslim, female, German"

In January 2010, her debate book Muslim, Female, German was published. My path to a contemporary Islam , with which she wants to give the "silent majority" of Muslims in Germany a face for the first time. In terms of content, the book, which contains autobiographical features, deals on the one hand with Islamic criticism and hostility to Islam and on the other hand with Islamic fundamentalism . Kaddor deals with the attitudes of the Islamic minority as well as with the "Wagenburg mentality" of the majority society in Germany. As a kind of prototype for a Muslim German, she shows how both characteristics can be easily combined. Bundestag President Norbert Lammert comes to the conclusion in a review of her book:

“In fact, the problem with migration and integration in Germany is not that we have too much immigration, but that we have too little naturalization. Why this is so and why it has to change, the book provides considerable information. "

Liberal-Islamic Federation and Muslim Forum Germany

On May 27, 2010, Kaddor founded the Liberal-Islamic League in Cologne together with a few other Muslims . In it she holds the office of 1st chairwoman. According to its own information, the association represents a pluralistic image of society and sees itself as an alternative to the existing Islamic associations. The LIB opposes any form of racist perception and also promotes a dogma-free, contemporary interpretation of religious scriptures such as the Koran, as well as comprehensive gender equality.

In 2015, Kaddor was a founding member of the Muslim Forum Germany .

"The ultimate test"

In 2016 her book Die Zerreißprobe: How fear of the foreign threatens our democracy , which deals with the integration of refugees in Germany, was published. In it, Kaddor points out that not only immigrants have a debt to bring, but also the majority: They must respect immigrants and their descendants on an equal footing. As a result, Kaddor received hate mail with threats and took a temporary leave of absence from school work. Regina Mönch commented in the FAZ that Kaddor should distinguish between criticism and hatred. She does not seem to like the critical examination of her book, and she too is not reluctant to reject criticism of her “theses, which are often quite cloudy from an Islamic point of view”.

Positions

Kaddor takes a mediating position between secular and traditionalist Muslims . In particular, she advocates the introduction of Islamic religious instruction in public schools in German.

Lamya Kaddor justifies her stance not to wear a headscarf with the fact that the hijab was considered a protection for women within society more than a thousand years ago. Under the conditions of a modern western society, such a way of protection - not the protective function itself - has become obsolete. According to Kaddor, “Equality between men and women [...] is also anchored in Islam [...]. However, there are still Muslims who do not quite implement it. "

Lamya Kaddor is concerned with “imparting religious knowledge” within the framework of regular religious instruction in state schools instead of pure “education in faith” as practiced in Koran schools, for example. Regarding the courses offered in many mosques, Kaddor explains: "The Koran school is mainly about reciting the Koran and learning the Arabic language and script , in Islamkunde about understanding the Koran". But she also says about the Koran schools: “This is much more important for the parents. They are sure that their children will learn the old traditions. There the respective national consciousness (including culture) is strongly cultivated. There is no such thing in schools. ”Since Islam is not yet a recognized religious community in Germany within the meaning of Article 7 Paragraph 3 of the Basic Law, there can not yet be preaching lessons in German schools, which Kaddor advocates.

Kaddor is skeptical of a religious pedagogy of the external view to be conveyed of the historically developed Koran: "The Enlightenment is not transferable for Islam". Applying a scientific reservation to the Sharia-compliant education is also dispensable, because an older, Islamic educational achievement “paved the way for the European Enlightenment”.

Kaddor criticized the position of conservative Muslims - which she saw in this way - that paradise was only open to orthodox believers and that unbelievers could expect hell as a “religious doorman mentality”. Kaddor described this mentality as "disrespectful and un-Islamic".

Lamya Kaddor and Michael Rubinstein, the managing director of the Jewish community Duisburg-Mülheim / Ruhr-Oberhausen , campaigned for the dismantling of prejudices and an interreligious dialogue between Jews and Muslims. Ignorance of the other religion is the greatest obstacle on both sides. In an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung in 2011, Kaddor criticized the "increasing Islamophobia in all social classes".

On the debate about Salafism in Germany , Kaddor called in June 2012 in a conversation between her, the editor and an anonymous Salafist in the weekly newspaper Die Zeit, “less dogma and more spirituality” for Islam. She stated that "thanks to her (= the Salafist ) appearances, the discussion now revolves primarily around whether Muslims are generally backward and willing to use violence." In her work she feels “thrown back by at least 20 steps”.

In September 2012, Kaddor rejected a ban on the performance of the controversial Islamophobic film Innocence of Muslims , which was examined by the German government , and justified it with the words: "The more you talk about a ban and promote the tabooing of such content, the more damage you cause." Discussions about special regulations for Muslims would promote Islamophobia in Germany.

Honors

Kaddor (2010)

On November 8, 2009, Lamya Kaddor was awarded the Rotary Club Prize. The laudator Michael Rubinstein, managing director of the Jewish community of Duisburg, Mülheim / Ruhr, Oberhausen, emphasized Kaddor's commitment to inter-religious dialogue and a liberal, enlightened Islam. Kaddor tries again and again to “break down prejudices and build bridges”.

In 2009 the school book Saphir 5/6 , initiated by Kaddor and published together with Rabeya Müller and Harry Harun Behr , was awarded the honorary prize of the Best European Schoolbook Award 2009 at the Frankfurt Book Fair . The reason given was: "It is recognized that Saphir presents Islam in an understandable and clear manner, connects the topics with 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 for Islamic studies public schools. It was the first textbook that was approved by the German education ministries of the federal states for this class. It has been used in North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, Lower Saxony and Bremen since 2008. The book is published by Kösel-Verlag in Munich . A large number of educators and Islamic scholars contributed as authors to the book, which works with illustrations, graphics, photos, calligraphy and texts. The book received a lot of media coverage.

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

On November 30, 2011, the federal government awarded Lamya Kaddor the Integration Medal. Minister of State Maria Böhmer presented her with the award during a ceremony in the Federal Chancellery in Berlin. The medal honors people who have made a special contribution to integration through outstanding personal commitment .

On February 18, 2015, the Schleswig-Holstein State Association of the Federation of German Detective Officers awarded Lamya Kaddor the " Nick Knatterton Cap of Honor " for her work against radicalization and for her special merits in the fight against crime (against Islamism) .

In 2016 she received the literary prize The Political Book of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation for ready to kill. Why German young people are pulling into jihad . According to the organizers, the prize is one of the most important non-fiction book prizes in the German-speaking area and is endowed with 10,000 euros. The jury praised the book as outstanding. It makes an important contribution to the highly topical debates about integration, avoiding radicalization and living together in an immigrant society .

In 2016, Kaddor was also awarded the Apple Tree Foundation's Integration Prize. The prize was awarded to her for “her commitment to breaking down prejudices and promoting interreligious dialogue” and is endowed with 5,000 euros.

In 2016, Novitas BKK and the City of Duisburg awarded her the Duisburg Integration Prize. The reason given is: “Kaddor, born as the daughter of Syrian immigrants in Ahlen, Westphalia, appears in numerous books and as the founder and first chairwoman of the Liberal-Islamic Association. V. advocates a constitutional understanding of Islam - yes, it proves that the recognition of the constitution and the recognition of the Koran are not mutually exclusive. ”The prize has been awarded annually since 2010 under the patronage of the Lord Mayor of Duisburg and is endowed with 2,500 euros.

Controversy

Confrontation with Necla Kelek

At the end of 2017, the journalist Jörg Metes Kaddor accused of having tried to accuse the sociologist Necla Kelek of a false quote that she had moved Muslim men into the realm of sodomy . Kaddor responded to the allegations in an online statement, reproducing Kelek's original quote and its context. Based on the documented context, Kaddor continued to regard her allegations against Kelek as justified. Kelek then brought an action for injunctive relief. In December 2018, the Berlin Regional Court granted Kelek's injunction in a judgment that is not yet legally binding. The day after the negotiation, Kaddor took two texts from the internet that Jörg Metes described as particularly defamatory articles .

Confrontation with Henryk M. Broder

In September 2016, Kaddor said in an interview that she had received a lot of hate mail, including death threats. Many of these correspondence refer to the journalist and publicist Henryk M. Broder , which is why she accused him of creating the mood against her person. In an article in Junge Freiheit that appeared a few days later, Broder was quoted as saying that she had "one of the gossips".

Kaddor then filed a criminal complaint for insulting Broder, after which he received a penalty order in the amount of € 2,000. Broder objected to the penalty order, which led to an oral hearing at the Duisburg District Court in May 2019 . This was suspended after just a few minutes because the journalist of Junge Freiheit, who wrote the article, was not called as a witness. In the continuation of the hearing in July 2020, Broder relied on his right to refuse to testify and the journalist, Felix Krautkrämer , who was now invited as a witness , on his journalistic right to refuse to testify . It could therefore not be proven whether the statement in question was actually made. Broder was acquitted.

Publications

Monographs

Contributions (selection)

  • On the necessity of Islamic religious instruction as a regular subject. Experiences from everyday life of the school experiment "Islamic instruction as an independent subject in the German language" in Dinslaken-Lohberg. In: Home care in Westphalia . Vol. 18 (2005), H. 6, pp. 4-8. ( Online ).
  • Peace and Peace Education from an Islamic Perspective. In: Internationale Friedensschule Köln (Ed.): Education for Peace - Contributions to the Dialogue of Cultures and Religions in Schools (= International Peace Education . Volume 1). Lit, Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-9985-1 , pp. 129-144.
  • Why the Islamic headscarf has become obsolete. A theological investigation based on relevant sources . In: Thorsten Gerald Schneiders (ed.): Glorification of Islam. When criticism becomes taboo . Springer, Duisburg 2010, pp. 131–158.
  • Finally German and Muslim ?! In: Illusion of Proximity? Views of the European neighborhood of tomorrow . Steidl, Göttingen 2011, pp. 181–190.
  • Muslims in Germany - self-confidence and the ability to criticize . In: Thorsten Gerald Schneiders (Ed.): Hardened Fronts. The difficult road to a reasonable criticism of Islam . Springer, Duisburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-531-94220-9 , pp. 177-194.

Editorships

  • with Thomas Bauer , Katja Strobel: Islamic religious instruction. Background, problems, perspectives (= publications of the Center for Religious Studies Münster. Volume 1). Lit, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7097-9 .
  • with Bernd Mussinghoff, Thomas Bauer : Future of Religion in Europe (= publications of the Center for Religious Studies Münster. Volume 5). Lit, Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-8510-6 (therein: Bernd Mussinghoff, Lamya Kaddor: Introduction , pp. 7-20).
  • Islamic education and training (= publications of the Center for Religious Studies Münster. Volume 8). Lit, Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-8258-1236-2 (therein: Lamya Kaddor: Muslim Young People Between Modernism and Religion , pp. 95–110).
  • with Rabeya Müller, Harry Harun Behr : Saphir. Religious book for young Muslims. Kösel, Munich 2008 ff. (Teaching materials).
  • with Thorsten Gerald Schneiders : Muslime im Rechtsstaat Lit, Münster 2005´ (therein: Thorsten Gerald Schneiders, Lamya Kaddor: Introduction, pp. 7–24).

Web links

Commons : Lamya Kaddor  - collection of images

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Liberal-Islamic Federation: The Board
  3. ↑ a b Author information from Piper-Verlag 2015
  4. ↑ Thorsten Gerald Schneiders: Today I blow myself up : Suicide attacks in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict , LIT Verlag Münster 2006. p. 8
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  23. ^ LIB eV: About us
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  37. ↑ Konrad-Duden-Gymnasium Wesel 2009
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  39. ↑ http://www.cedar-emwi.com/
  40. ↑ Lamya Kaddor, laureate of the Integration Medal ( Memento from July 24, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Federal Government de, November 29, 2011
  41. ↑ Lamya Kaddor was awarded the Nick Knatterton honor cap.
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  43. ↑ Integration Prize 2016 to Lamya Kaddor boersenblatt.de, February 18, 2016
  44. ^ Duisburg integration prize for Islamic scholar Lamya Kaddor ( Memento from May 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) novitas-bkk.de
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  47. ↑ Thomas Thiel : Who cares whether the quote is correct? , faz.net, December 21, 2017
  48. ↑ Lamya Kaddor: And yet she spoke of the sodomy of the Muslim man , T-Online, December 22, 2017 ( Memento of January 25, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
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personal data
SURNAME Kaddor, Lamya
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Muslim religious educator of Syrian origin
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Ahlen , North Rhine-Westphalia , Federal Republic of Germany