Ezhar Cezairli
Ezhar Cezairli (* 1962 in Antakya , Antiochia ) is a German-Turkish dentist , cultural activist and, as a representative of secular Muslims, is a member of the German Islam Conference and a local politician of the CDU in Frankfurt am Main . She is the chairwoman of the Turkish-German Club Frankfurt e. V. and co-founder of the “Frankfurt Initiative for Progressive Women”.
Cezairli moved from Turkey to Weil am Rhein in 1970 . She studied dentistry in Hanover, initially worked as an employed dentist in Peter Kunter's practice and since 1998 has run her own practice in downtown Frankfurt. Cezairli is married and has two children. She sees herself as a secular Muslim woman. It is not defined by its religious affiliation, but by its affiliation to society. Religion is a private matter for them.
She represents the positions of the secular and liberal Muslims within the German Islam Conference. She is a member of the initiative of secular and secular citizens from Islamic countries of origin in Hesse , whose principles are the separation of religion and state, the rejection of religiously motivated violence, a commitment to the Basic Law as well as equal rights for men and women and the right to religious freedom . Among other things, the initiative advocates Islamic studies in schools and criticized the claim of the Coordination Council of Muslims in Germany to speak for all Muslims in Germany. According to Cezairli, it is not in the spirit of Islam for an institution to stand between God and the individual. The initiative also works against restricting compulsory schooling for Muslim children in physical education , swimming and sex education, as well as against anti-Semitism .
In the local elections on March 27, 2011, she was elected to the Frankfurt city council from the CDU list. There she is a member of the Committee on Education and Integration and the Committee on Business and Women.
Web links
- Website Ezahr Cezairli
- ZDF Forum: Frankfurter Frauen-Power - Cezairli in the Frankfurt Communication Museum on the newly founded "Frankfurter Initiative Progressiver Frauen" (February 5, 2010, video interview, 7 min.) In the ZDFmediathek , accessed on January 26, 2014.
- Interview with Ezhar Cezairli about her candidacy for the CDU Frankfurt. FAZ, November 18, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ Motivation is taz, print archive, March 5, 2010
- ↑ Cornelia von Wrangel: Careful, freshly integrated! . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung , February 12, 2006, No. 6, p. 7
- ↑ Thomas Remlein: Frankfurt woman represents Muslims . In: Frankfurter Neue Presse , November 9, 2006, p. 2
- ↑ Viktor Funk: "The more radical associations do not represent the majority of Muslims" . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , September 26, 2006, p. 25
- ↑ a b Karen Krüger, Ezhar Cezairli: We have to defend ourselves against fraudulent labeling . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , April 28, 2007, No. 99, p. 33
- ↑ New start of the Islam Conference called for. Alignment with security issues causes displeasure
- ^ A b New initiative of secular Muslims . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , July 21, 2005, No. 167, p. 41
- ^ Secular Muslims for Islamkunde in schools . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung September 1, 2007, No. 203, p. 54
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cezairli, Ezhar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Turkish dentist, cultural activist, member of the German Islam Conference and local politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antakya , Antioch |