Mohammed Aman Hobohm
Mohammed Aman Hobohm actually Herbert Hobohm (born October 22, 1926 in Hötensleben near Helmstedt , † October 28, 2014 in Bad Honnef ) was a German diplomat and deputy chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany (ZMD).
With the consequence of a corresponding name change, he converted to Islam in 1939 at the age of 13 . During the Second World War he served in the German Navy on a destroyer , most recently in the rank of ensign . After the end of the war and imprisonment, he studied Islam in London . From June 21, 1949 to 1954 he was imam of the Wilmersdorfer mosque and chairman of the “German-Muslim Community” in Berlin . From 1950 to 1954 he published the “Orient Post” magazine. He then undertook Islam studies in Pakistan until 1956 , became co-editor of the “Voice of Islam” magazine in Karachi , and then joined the German Foreign Service .
He worked as a cultural and temporarily business attaché at the German embassies in Karachi, Rawalpindi ( Islamabad ), Mogadishu , Colombo , London and Riyadh , as well as head of the branch of the Goethe Institute in Bandung . From 1954 to 1965 he was Vice President of the “ World Assembly of Muslim Youth ” (WAMY) and Germany advisor to the Islamic World Congress . He has participated in numerous international Islamic conferences in Pakistan, Indonesia , England , Sri Lanka , France , Japan , Sweden , Singapore , Jordan , Egypt and Saudi Arabia . He has published numerous articles, essays, reports and book reviews on Islamic topics in magazines of Islamic institutions and societies at home and abroad, as well as in foreign daily newspapers, radio and television interviews at home and abroad.
MA Hobohm was deputy chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany (ZMD) and is an honorary member of the German Muslim League e. V. and honorary member of the "German Section of the Islamic World Congress", Berlin. He is the holder of the Federal Cross of Merit and the Pakistani Order of Merit. From 1995 to 2002 he was managing director of the König-Fahd-Akademie in Bad Godesberg .
He was chairman of the Annemarie Schimmel Forum in St. Augustin.
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| SURNAME | Hobohm, Mohammed Aman |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hobohm, Herbert (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Deputy Chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany (ZMD) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hötensleben near Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 2014 |
| Place of death | Bad Honnef |