Critical Islam Conference

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The Critical Islam Conference is an irregular event that is designed as a critical counter-event to the German Islam Conference . The first time it took place in 2008 in Cologne . The meeting is organized by the Central Council of Ex-Muslims and the Giordano Bruno Foundation .

background

According to the organizers, the second Critical Islam Conference (2013) is an "alternative dialogue forum" to the German Islam Conference . They consider it “a mistake to try to improve the 'integration of immigrants' by 'strengthening religious identity'”. Because whoever “ reduces the individual to a religious group identity” hinders the “ emancipation of the individual” and promotes the “development of parallel societies". In contrast to this, they would rely on the “model of the transcultural society”, in which “every individual is given the opportunity on the basis of secular basic values” to “shape his life autonomously”, and in which “cultural diversity is actually enriched instead of as Threat ”could be experienced. In place of the integration policy, an “emancipation policy”, in the middle of which stands “the individual” and not the “construct of a supposedly homogeneous social group”. On this basis, society should be further developed in terms of human rights .

history

2008

In 2008 Mina Ahadi , Michael Schmidt-Salomon , Ralph Giordano , Hartmut Krauss , Philippe Witzmann, Stephan Grigat and Klaus Blees spoke in Cologne . Panel discussions were also held. Participants on the podium included: Maryam Namazie (ZdE Great Britain), Ehsan Jami (ZdE Netherlands), Afsane Vahdat (ZdE Scandinavia), Shahnaz Moratab (ZdE Germany), Mina Ahadi, Fatma Bläser , Thomas Maul , Arzu Gazi, Assia Maria Harwazinski, Margalith Kleijwegt and Günter Wallraff . The motto of the first Critical Islam Conference was "Enlighten instead of veiling".

2013

In 2013 the Critical Islam Conference took place from 11-12 May at the af Auditorium Friedrichstrasse in Berlin. The speakers were: Hamed Abdel-Samad , Mina Ahadi , Lale Akgün , Necla Kelek , Lukas Mihr, Michael Schmidt-Salomon , Arzu Toker and Ali Utlu. The evening before, on May 10, the film Der Iran-Job was shown in the Hackesche Höfe cinema . According to the organizers, liberal Muslims should also have their say at the 2013 conference, in contrast to the 2008 conference , since an alliance is secular in order to protect the “open society” against the “double threat of political Islam and chauvinistic xenophobia ” and liberal-religious forces. For example, Seyran Ateş presented her vision of a liberal mosque for the first time . The motto was "Self-determination instead of peer pressure. Against Islamism and xenophobia."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Critical Islam Conference has come to an end: Giordano against "false tolerance" , taz, June 2, 2008
  2. ↑ Critical Islam Conference 2013: Preamble - Self-determination instead of peer pressure: The project of the transcultural society , accessed on May 17, 2013
  3. ^ A b Ricarda Hinz: 10 Years of Ex-Muslims: The History of an International Human Rights Movement . Giordano Bruno Foundation . November 17, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  4. ^ SPD politician for the establishment of an association of liberal Muslims Neues Deutschland, May 13, 2013. Accessed July 30, 2013