Benjamin Idriz

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Imam Idriz (2014)

Benjamin Idriz (* 1972 in Skopje , then Yugoslavia , as Bajrambejamin Idriz ) is an imam and author living in Germany . He became known nationwide as the chairman of the “Munich Forum for Islam”, with which he is planning a large meeting place including a mosque and museum.

Life

Idriz comes from a "family of imams and theologians reaching back many generations" and became a Hafiz at the age of 11 . From 1987 to 1994 he attended an Islamic theological high school in Damascus . His thesis dealt with the emancipation of women in Islam . 1994-1998 he completed a bachelor's distance learning course at the European Faculty of Islamic Studies in Château-Chinon . In 2014 he received his master's degree in Islamic theology from Al-Ouzai University in Beirut . In 2016 he received his doctorate from the International University Novi Pazar (Sandschak, Serbia) in Islamic theology with the dissertation "The horizontal aspects in Islam".

Since 1995 Idriz has been the imam of the Islamic Community Penzberg eV (IGP), which is made up of members from Bosnian , Turkish , Albanian , German and other ethnic backgrounds. Since 2009 Idriz has also been chairman of the “Münchner Forum für Islam eV” (MFI) (original name until 2013 “Center for Islam in Europe - Munich” (ZIE-M)), since 2010 member of the board of trustees of the Society of Friends of Abraham , since 2013 Chairman of the “Islam Forum Bavaria” together with Rainer Oechslen ( Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria ), since 2016 member of the speakers' council of the “Council of Religions”, Munich.

According to his own statements , he speaks German , Turkish , Albanian , Arabic , Bosnian and Macedonian .

Act

Islamic Forum Penzberg

In the Upper Bavarian city ​​of Penzberg , a mosque that was distinguished for its modern architecture was opened in 2005 with the construction of the Islamic Forum Penzberg . The imam and his community are perceived locally and throughout Bavaria as an example of successful integration and enjoy broad support from the population, the church communities and politics. The 20th anniversary of the establishment of the “Islamic Community Penzberg” and at the same time the 10th anniversary of the “Islamic Forum Penzberg” was celebrated with a festival in October 2015. As the keynote speaker, the former Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger praised the commitment of the Imam and his community to integration, democracy and the rule of law . On December 2, 2019, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited the Islamic Forum Penzberg, accompanied by Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann .

Munich Forum for Islam

In 2007 Imam Idriz initiated the project Center for Islam in Europe - Munich (ZIE-M) with employees from Penzberg and Munich , which was registered as a non-profit association under his chairmanship in 2009 and renamed the Munich Forum for Islam (MFI) in 2013 . According to the association's statutes, the project is committed to “promoting the identity of Muslims living here in a sense that is committed to Islam as a peaceful religion based on the values ​​of the rule of law” and to “constructive cooperation with all interested institutions in the city and the state , society, religious communities and comparable institutions “To participate in the association, the commitment to the Basic Law and the Bavarian Constitution is required. The MFI has been a member of the Munich Alliance for Tolerance, Democracy and the Rule of Law since 2010 .

The MFI is planning a building complex that will include a community center, an academy, a mosque and a museum for Islam in Europe. In January 2015, plans by the Alen Jasarevic architecture firm were presented to the public. The city of Munich has reserved a plot of land in the so-called creative quarter on Dachauer Strasse , and in return expects proof of financing that has not yet been provided. If the deadlines, which have been extended several times (June 30, 2016 for proof of the property costs, December 31, 2016 for proof of construction costs) expire again, according to press reports, Idriz will no longer pursue the project.

The MFI has been supported by a board of trustees made up of around 40 members, including Heinrich Bedford-Strohm , Alois Glück , Mustafa Ceric , Aiman ​​Mazyek , Steven Langnas , Karl-Heinz Hoffmann , the chairwoman of the White Rose Foundation , Hildegard Kronawitter , and Winfried Nerdinger . The chairman is Munich's former mayor Christian Ude .

At the end of 2016 it was reported that the project had failed because the financier from Saudi Arabia withdrew its commitment.

Helferkreis Munich Muslims

On the initiative of Idriz, the Helferkreis Münchner Muslime (HMM) was founded in autumn 2015 , which declares that it will coordinate aid activities by Muslims for refugees arriving in Munich regardless of their ethnic or religious affiliation. In December 2015 Imam Idriz published a brochure aimed at Muslim migrants in German, Arabic and English , the basic rules of living together in Germany in areas such as “Basic Law”, “Equal Rights”, “Environment” and the like. a. each based on Islamic sources from the Koran and Sunna .

Controversy

TV report "Report Munich"

A report by the TV magazine report Munich in January 2012 showed that Idriz had a master's degree in Islamic theology at Al-Ouzai University in Beirut on its homepage incorrectly as “Mag. in Islamic Theology ”, which implied the possibility of a title fraud. Idriz stated that at no time did he use the title “Mag.” Or anything like that as an addition to his name. He completed his master's degree at Al-Ouzai University in 2014 in the subject “Contemporary Islamic Thought”. In the same TV broadcast, the research result showed that the Institut Européen des Sciences Humaines (IEHS) in Château-Chinon, where he had completed a distance learning course, had no state approval. The report did not deal with the fact that secularism in France does not provide for state recognition of religious training institutions. The program gave a lot of space to indications that the institute is close to the Muslim Brotherhood .

Observation of the constitution protection

The “Islamic Community Penzberg eV”, for which Idriz has worked as an imam since 1995 and of which he is a member of the board, was under observation by the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution from 2007 to 2010 . The Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann stated in July 2010 that the Penzberg congregation was “for good reasons in the report of the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution” because “leading members” maintained contacts “with more than problematic people” who held important positions in the Islamic congregation in Germany and Millî Görüş would have. According to Idriz, the Penzberg community was founded in 1993 with the support of the - Islamist - association Millî Görüş, of which he himself was a member until March 2006. But after a few years they separated from this club.

Against the accusations made against Imam Idriz and the IGP at the time, voices from the entire spectrum of democratic parties, from local politics to federal politics, spoke out in favor of his ZIE-M and MFI initiative . In fact, Idriz and the Islamic community were fully rehabilitated in 2011.

Construction project "Munich Forum for Islam"

The right-wing populist splinter party "Die Freiheit" , which has been classified as extremist Islamophobic in the Bavarian Constitutional Protection Report since 2013 , launched a referendum against the ZIE-M project in 2011 and, according to its own information, collected under the slogan "No European Islamic Center at Stachus !" Until 2014 in Munich 64,000 signatures. The Munich City Council introduced on 1 October 2014, the inadmissibility of the petition for a fixed (with 1 vote against the NPD ready or almost ready " citizens' initiative foreigners stop "), because the petition was based on untruthful allegations. In addition, formal errors were criticized. At the same meeting, the city council adopted a resolution “Solidarity with Muslims in our city!” With the same result. CSU City Councilor Marian Offman , who is also a board member of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Munich , described this resolution as a “milestone for the coexistence of religions and against racist agitation”. The lawsuit by “Die Freiheit” against the inadmissibility of the referendum was dismissed on November 12, 2015 by the Munich Administrative Court. The fact that the party was mentioned in the report for the protection of the constitution under the newly created category “Islamophobia relevant to the protection of the constitution” was confirmed by the Administrative Court on October 22, 2015.

Fonts

  • Islam with a European face: impulses and perspectives. ed. v. Benjamin Idriz, Stephan Leimgruber , Stefan Jakob Wimmer . Butzon & Bercker Vlg.Kevelaer 2010, 275 pages, ISBN 978-3-7666-1397-4 , e-book ISBN 978-3-7666-4133-5 .
  • Hello, Lord Imam !: A religion has arrived. Diederichs Vlg.München 2010, 224 pages, ISBN 978-3-424-35042-5 .
  • "Not in the name of Allah and not in our name!": Declaration of the imams in Munich , Islam in the here and now 2, Munich Forum for Islam 2015.
  • "Welcome to Germany!": Guide for Muslim migrants to a successful coexistence in Germany , Islam in the Here and Now 3, Munich Forum for Islam 2015 (German, English, Arabic).
  • What religious values ​​can Christianity and Islam convey together? Pulpit speech , Islam in the Here and Now 5, Munich Forum for Islam 2015.
  • Show me what new Mohammed brought, and you will find ... - A prophet speaks to the whole world , Edition Avicenna Munich 2018, 139 pages, ISBN 978-3-941913-23-3
  • The Koran and women. An imam explains forgotten pages of Islam , Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2019, 192 pp., ISBN 978-3579014630

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Islamic Forum Penzberg: Imam of the community. ( Memento from November 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: islam-penzberg.de .
  2. ^ Imam Benjamin Idriz board members of the Munich Forum for Islam
  3. ↑ Imam Idriz is now Dr. , Münchner Merkur September 15, 2016
  4. ↑ Islamforum Bayern , perm. January 7, 2016
  5. ↑ "Allah's Blue Gem". The Islamic community has built an architecturally unique mosque in Penzberg. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , 17./18. September 2005
  6. ↑ The Bavarian Imam , In: 3sat Kulturzeit , October 15, 2010, perm. February 17, 2016, Penzberg - the model community ( Memento from February 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), In: Bayerischer Rundfunk , September 11, 2009, perm. February 17, 2016; Model Penzberg , In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , July 12, 2012; Reports collected on the IGP website: Muslim clergyman preaches in the Huguenot Church: Pastor Johannes Mann has to endure death threat - November 23, 2012 ( Memento from November 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), "Personalities visiting": High-ranking visitors ( Memento from 5 November 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ We're celebrating an anniversary. In: islam-penzberg.de , October 13, 2015. Accessed February 7, 2017.
  8. ↑ Federal President Steinmeier praises Penzberger Mosque Bayerischer Rundfunk, December 2, 2019. Accessed January 29, 2020.
  9. ↑ Register of Associations, Munich District Court VR202757 , Association's website: [1] , ZIE-M becomes the 'Munich Forum for Islam' , press release from November 18, 2013, Munich Forum for Islam
  10. ↑ Articles of Association §2
  11. ↑ Articles of Association § 3.1
  12. ^ [2] , "Munich Alliance for Tolerance, Democracy and the Rule of Law", City of Munich
  13. ↑ Brochure “An offer from Muslims for constructive cooperation in Munich” , (Dec. 2015)
  14. ↑ The Munich Islam Center is taking shape , Münchner Merkur January 23, 2015, perm. February 20, 2016, building with an embassy , Süddeutsche Zeitung January 26, 2015, perm. February 20, 2016. The Bavarian television's culture magazine Capriccio said: "This city needs this meeting place. And Munich is ready for it. This city can not only withstand a large mosque - we could welcome it!" [3]
  15. ↑ Final deadline for the Munich mosque project , Süddeutsche Zeitung , January 22, 2016, perm. 17th February 2016
  16. ↑ MFI Board of Trustees constituted , Munich Forum for Islam , November 3, 2015, perm. February 15, 2016, Board of Trustees , MFI Newsletter 5, December 18, 2015, pp. 3–4, perm. February 15, 2016, former Mayor Ude is mosque ambassador , Münchner Merkur , October 30, 2015, perm. February 15, 2016, mosque with celebrity support: Commentary , Münchner Merkur , October 30, 2015, perm. 15th February 2016
  17. ↑ The fasting month of Ramadan: Muslims in Munich are looking for prayer rooms ( memento from January 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), br.de, May 29, 2017
  18. ↑ Rejection by the sponsor: Munich Islam Center will not be built , welt.de, June 29, 2016
  19. ↑ "Lotsen für die Integration" , Süddeutsche Zeitung (September 17, 2015), perm. January 7, 2016
  20. ↑ Islam-Forum wants to promote the integration of refugees with behavioral tips , Münchner Merkur December 16, 2015, perm. February 20, 2016, etiquette for refugees , RTLNEXT.de December 18, 2015, perm . February 20, 2016, Münchner Verein publishes the perfect etiquette for refugees , The Huffington Post December 18, 2015, perm. February 20, 2016, etiquette for refugees , Deutschlandfunk December 22, 2015, perm. February 20, 2016. Brochure for download: http://www.islam-muenchen.de/broschuere.html
  21. ↑ "Doubts about academic titles - Imam Benjamin Idriz in need of explanation" , Report Munich (January 31, 2012), perm. January 7, 2016; the statement of IGP v. February 1, 2012 ( Memento from November 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  22. ↑ "On the background of the allegations against Imam Idriz" ( Memento from November 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Islamic Community Penzberg (March 4, 2012), perm. January 7, 2016
  23. ↑ [4]
  24. ↑ shaper imams "French" une oeuvre difficile ( Memento of 27 September 2007 at the Internet Archive ) La Croix, May 5, 2004
  25. ↑ Aspects of the threat to democracy in the Mitte district and options for intervention ( memento of September 18, 2004 in the Internet Archive ), Claudia Dantschke , Center for Democratic Culture, 2004
  26. ^ Regina Mönch: Theology of Islamic teaching at universities . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , February 7, 2010. Accessed April 4, 2019. 
  27. ↑ Andrea Brandt, Conny Neumann: model imam with strange connections. In: Spiegel Online , June 2, 2010, accessed July 7, 2010
  28. ↑ Joachim Käppner : "Benjamin Idriz has lied" In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , July 26, 2010.
  29. ^ Constitutional Protection Report 2009 ( Memento of the original from September 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 4.1 MB), p. 5, 265ff. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.verfassungsschutz.de
  30. ^ Constitutional Protection Report Bavaria 2007
  31. ↑ Münchner Merkur, issues of August 3rd and 4th 2007
  32. ↑ “Federal Minister of Justice strengthens the back of the Islamic community in Penzberg” , Penzberger Merkur (March 30, 2010), perm. January 7, 2016; "Charlotte Knobloch for Islam-Zentrum" , Süddeutsche Zeitung (March 22, 2010), permitted. January 7, 2016; “Interview with Josef Schmid (CSU): 'Islam Center is a Historic Opportunity'", Münchner Merkur (April 6, 2010); “Islam Center: A Historical Idea (Christian Ude)”, Münchner Merkur (May 8/9, 2010); "This is the opposite of anti-constitutionalism (City Hall parliamentary group leader Josef Schmid, CSU)" , Süddeutsche Zeitung (May 25, 2010), perm. January 7, 2016; "Guest commentary Marian Offman (IKG)", Catholic Sunday newspaper 19./20. June 2010; “Debate about a new Islam center” , Münchner Merkur (January 21, 2011), perm. January 7, 2016; “Paradoxical report. Comedy or Tragedy? The Protection of the Constitution and the Penzberg Muslims ”, Sunday newspaper (March 21, 2011); “Penzberg as a model. The Protestant regional bishop visits the mosque and, together with the imam, campaigns for an open Islam ” , Süddeutsche Zeitung (July 12, 2012), perm. January 7, 2016; "A place in the middle" , Süddeutsche Zeitung (November 27, 2012), permitted. January 7, 2016; “United against the right. A broad social alliance mobilizes 1500 Munich residents against ... opponents of the planned 'Center for Islam in Europe' ”, Süddeutsche Zeitung (November 12, 2012); “Colorful alliance against right-wing extremism”, Münchner Merkur (November 12, 2012); “Alliance for the mosque. Parties, churches and trade unions want to act together against haters of Islam ”, Süddeutsche Zeitung (February 27, 2013); “Together against 'freedom'. Munich parties, churches and clubs are defending themselves against the anti-Islam campaign of the extremist Michael Stürzenberger ”, Süddeutsche Zeitung (June 10, 2013)
  33. ↑ Bernd Kastner, Monika Maier-Albang: Imam Benjamin Idriz rehabilitated . In: sueddeutsche.de . April 11, 2011, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on May 28, 2017]).
  34. ^ Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior: Press Release No. 139/13 (April 12, 2013); Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior: Report on the Protection of the Constitution 2013 ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 139; Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior: Constitutional Protection Report 2014 , pp. 141–147 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stmi.bayern.de
  35. ↑ "Campaign against Islam Center. Right-wing populist party wants to start signature campaign - and meets with broad rejection ”, Süddeutsche Zeitung (October 13, 2011); “'Freedom' submits 60,720 signatures against the planned Islamic Center at the City of Munich” ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Die Freiheit Bayern (September 19, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bayern.die Freiheit.org
  36. ↑ "The reason for the referendum aims to stir up fears against the ZIE-M project and the people behind it through disinformation and to discredit the initiators (and thus indirectly also the Muslim fellow citizens) instead of providing the necessary information." , from: Resolution 14-20 / V01554 , City Council, City of Munich; "City council puts Islamophobes in their place" , Süddeutsche Zeitung (October 2/3, 2014)
  37. ^ "Solidarity with Muslims in our city" , City of Munich
  38. ^ "Mosque dispute ends up in court" , Münchner Merkur (October 2-3, 2014), perm. January 7, 2016
  39. ^ "Court declares petitions against Islamzentrum inadmissible" , Süddeutsche Zeitung (November 12, 2015), perm. January 7, 2016; "Citizens' petitions are inadmissible" ( Memento from November 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Bayerischer Rundfunk (November 12, 2015), permitted. January 7, 2016
  40. ↑ "'Freedom': Defeat against Free State" , Münchner Merkur (October 26, 2015), perm. January 7, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Idriz, Benjamin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Idriz, Bajrambejamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION islamic preacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Skopje