Emel Zeynelabidin

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Emel Zeynelabidin ( Algan married until 2008 ; * 1960 in Istanbul ) is an activist in interreligious dialogue . She became known in 2007 when she was awarded the Luther Prize - The Intrepid Word .

Life

In Lehrte and Hückeswagen raised Zeynelabidin is the daughter of a Turkish origin mother and from Iraq coming surgeon Dr. Yusuf Zeynel Abidin, who heads the section of the Turkish Islamic Community Millî Görüş e. V. (IGMG) founded. She did volunteer work in the Islamic women's association Cemiyet-i Nisa e. V., who founded the first Islamic kindergarten in Germany in 1987 . Two years later, the Islam Kolleg Berlin e. V. founded to open the first Islamic private school . There she was a board member until 1995. The Islamic elementary school in Berlin-Kreuzberg was recognized as a private school in 1995 by the Senate Administration for School, Youth and Sport. In 1995 Zeynelabidin moved to the board of the Islamic women's association Cemiyet-i Nisa e. V., in which she volunteered to help set up the four senate-funded kindergartens. Emel Zeynelabidin married after graduating from high school and had six children.

Discussion and statements about the Islamic headscarf

In 2005, triggered by the so-called headscarf dispute , she took off her headgear after an intensive process of dealing with the Islamic sources and went public. In her research in the literature about the “veiled verses” in the Koran , she comes across the corresponding reasons for revelation that explain the temporal, cultural and geographical context of this revelation. “Believing women should cover themselves because men at the time of Islam's origins had a problem distinguishing them from slaves when they were molested, and secondly because these men had a weakness for feminine charms that they could not cope with. "Zeynelabidin claims," ​​that these female slaves no longer exist today and that the relationship between the sexes has changed ". In doing so, she comes to the conclusion that this veiling of women was a practical measure tied into time and space for the men of the time, and not a question of religion. She takes the view that it was only with the introduction of the Sharia that scholars made “recommendations” from the Koran about religious duties that are now binding for all believers. Since then she has participated in the debate, giving lectures on the topic and publishing texts to present her view of the headscarf and the religious understanding of Islam in need of reform as a contribution to the discussion. Zeynelabidin regards the headscarf as a collective ordinance of a uniform identity, a betrayal of femininity, and a blatant questioning of the dignity of men. It establishes a moral modesty in women that interferes with their natural personality development. She differentiates between regular and devout Muslims and describes herself as a devout Muslim for whom belief in God is the focus and does not need any demonstrative externalities. For Zeynelabidin, the authoritarian image of God by Christians and Muslims is a useful invention in order to enforce these patriarchal ideas, which have persisted to this day and which absolutely must be reformed.

In 2006 she gained greater fame by handing over her headscarves to the House of History in Bonn . In March 2012, the FAZ published her article Koran? released.

honors and awards

In April 2007 Algan received the Luther Cities Prize “The Intrepid Word” in Speyer . On October 28, 2016, Emel Zeynelabidin was awarded the Frauenbrücke Prize in Potsdam.

documentary

In 2010, the Swiss filmmaker Maria Müller presented her documentary entitled Hüllen , which focuses on Emel Zeynelabidin's family history and her life. The film received an honorable mention in the documentary film competition at the Max Ophüls Prize film festival in Saarbrücken in 2011. It was released in theaters in April 2011.

Works

  • Her book You only grow up in this world was published on March 8, 2013 for International Women's Day .
  • Her book Moments of My Heart (former title Come! -Love-Confessions of a Sparrow ) was published in October 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-047207-7

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Qantara.de
  2. ↑ Farewell to the headscarf . Press release, House of History , Bonn
  3. ↑ Quranic remedies? In: FAZ , March 8, 2012, p. 7
  4. ↑ Emel Abidin-Algan awarded the Luther Cities Prize 2007
  5. ↑ Frauenbrücke Prize Foundation. In: stiftung-frauenbruecke-preis.de. Retrieved December 3, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Internet site for the film
personal data
SURNAME Zeynelabidin, Emel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Algan, Emel Abidin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Turkish Muslim woman
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul