Murat Aslanoğlu

Murat Aslanoğlu

Murat Aslanoğlu (born January 15, 1972 in Heidelberg ) was Muslim chairman of the Coordinating Council of the Christian-Islamic Dialogue (KCID) from 2003 to 2008 .

Life

Aslanoğlu was born as the eldest son of Turkish immigrants. In adulthood he took on German citizenship.

Aslanoğlu has a degree in business administration and works as a specialist at Daimler AG in the finance and controlling department. He is married and has two children.

Act

From 1999 to 2004 Murat Aslanoğlu stood next to the Christian co-chairman Michael Blume of the Christian-Islamic Society Region Stuttgart e. V. (CIG Stuttgart), of which he was an honorary member until its dissolution in 2013. Among other things, the association organized the first Abrahamic Festival in Germany with the participation of Jews, Christians and Muslims. In addition, he organized lectures, theater and cabaret and mutual visits to mosques , churches and synagogues . He campaigns for an interreligious meeting place (House Abraham) in Denkendorf Monastery , which is threatened with sale. Aslanoğlu is a co-initiator and board member of the Christian-Muslim Peace Initiative e. V.

Since the founding of the KCID in 2003, he chaired it together with his Christian co-chair Melanie Miehl . Ali Nihat Koc from Nuremberg was elected as his successor .

Aslanoğlu expresses his point of view in television and newspaper interviews, at church and Islamic conferences as well as in discussions with church representatives and politicians. He belonged to the small group of Muslims that Pope Benedict XVI. at the World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne for discussion.

The Youth Services Committee of the Municipal Council of Stuttgart was one Aslanoglu of 1999 by 2004.

Aslanoğlu strictly rejects hatred, terror and suicide bombings in the name of Islam . He is of the opinion that Islam, human rights and democracy are compatible and separate from one another. The Islamic world must find the strength to reform and self-criticism out of its responsibility before God. Politics, which are often based on short-sighted economic and political interests and sometimes blanket discrimination against Muslims, as well as sometimes cultural arrogance, have made the situation much worse in the western world and strengthened the wrong forces. Aslanoğlu criticizes a lack of knowledge, prejudices and conspiracy theories that poison coexistence.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release, at CIG-Region Stuttgart ( Memento of December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) March 22, 2006

Web links

Coordinating Council for Christian-Islamic Dialogue