Irshad Manji

Irshad Manji, 2007

Irshad Manji (* 1968 in Uganda ) is a Canadian author , journalist and activist against Islamism .

Life

Irshad Manji was born in 1968 in Uganda as the daughter of an Indian and an Egyptian . The family moved to Canada three years later when the dictator Idi Amin expelled all South Asians from Uganda.

Irshad Manji is a member of the Twelve Schia , an avowed feminist and lesbian . Accordingly, her journalistic activities are primarily directed against the oppression of women and homosexuals in Islamic society. Her book Der Aufbruch (English original title: The Trouble with Islam Today ), in which she deals with “the humiliating treatment of women by Muslims, the“ Jew-bashing ”, in which so many Muslims are constantly involved, and the ongoing scourge slavery in Islamist-ruled countries ”and supports Israel's right to exist , has been published in 30 languages. The New York Times calls it " Osama bin Laden's greatest nightmare". She is a representative of Ijtihad , rational Islamic law and "enlightened" theology.

Manji was a research fellow at Yale University in America . She currently heads the “Moral Courage Project” as a Senior Fellow of the European Foundation for Democracy (Brussels) in collaboration with New York University.

Irshad Manji is one of the signatories of the Manifesto of the 12 against Islamism as a new totalitarian threat. She is co-initiator of the “St. Petersburg Declaration “Secular Muslims of March 5, 2007.

Her 2011 book Allah, Liberty and Love was banned in Malaysia because it "insults Islam" and contains views that "could mislead society," according to the Malaysian Interior Ministry. During a promotion tour for the book, the police in the Indonesian capital Jakarta broke off a speech after 15 minutes after supporters of the Front Pembela Islam ("Front of the Defenders of Islam") gathered in the cultural center there and demanded the end of the event . The activists accused her of promoting homosexuality among Muslims.

Works

• The departure - a plea for an enlightened Islam. Eichborn 2003, ISBN 3-8218-5567-3 . (Paperback edition by dtv, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-423-34193-9 )
• with Amina Wadud : Women in Islam - Feminist Orientations and Strategies for the 21st Century , ed. from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation , 2009 ( PDF )
• Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom . Free Press, 2011 ISBN 978-1-4516-4520-0

Web links

• Official homepage of Irshad Manji
• Jan Feddersen : God is not an excuse , in: Taz Magazin , April 23, 2005, p. IV (Feddersen presents her message: "For the many Muslims who have already taken risks")
• Irshad Manji and Dalia Mogahed - Who Speaks for Islam? Video of a panel discussion at the Aspen Institute on July 1, 2008
• Interview with Irshad Manji: It is not true that Islam is incapable of reform

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Irshad Manji: THE BOOK ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2008 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. , Blog and official website of Irshad Manji 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Irshad Manji / Moritz Küpper : Signs for a change , Der Spiegel , July 22, 2006
3. ↑ Cf. " Dissens mit dem Dogma ": Interview with Irshad Manji, in: IP - Journal of the German Society for Foreign Policy, July / August 2009
4. ^ The St. Petersburg Declaration , March 5, 2007; see. "Irshad Manji announces Secular Islam Summit on CNN," January 23, 2007
5. ^ The hard hand of the state qantara.de , September 3, 2012
6. ↑ Indonesian Hardline Group Urges Govt to Deport Liberal Canadian Muslim Activist ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Jakarta Globe , May 5, 2012