Nadeem Elyas
Nadeem Elyas ( Arabic نديم إلياس, DMG Nadīm Ilyās ; * September 1, 1945 in Mecca ) is a Saudi Arabian scholar of Islam and medicine. From 1994 to 2006 he was chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany .
Life
Elyas is a Sunni Muslim with a Hanafi orientation. Elyas left Saudi Arabia in 1964 , studied medicine and Islamic studies in Germany and practiced as a gynecologist . He lives in Eschweiler ( North Rhine-Westphalia ), is married and has four children, including the comedian Ususmango , who became known as part of the comedy ensemble RebellComedy .
He was general secretary of the Union of Muslim Student Organizations in Europe and spokesman for the Islamic Center in Aachen , which is monitored by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution , is a founding member and board member of the Islamic Cooperation Council in Europe and a partner in working groups and advisory boards such as the Islamic-Christian working group , the Intercultural Council and the Round table of religions . Between 1993 and 1996 he trained his future successor Aiman Mazyek while studying Islam. The “Islamic Charter” - a declaration of principles of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany (ZMD) on the relationship of Muslims to the state and society - was presented to the public under his chairmanship. In the case of the kidnapping of the German archaeologist Susanne Osthoff , Elyas offered himself in 2005 for an exchange against the hostage.
Nadeem Elyas 'successor in the Central Council was Ayyub Axel Koehler in 2006 , which at the same time moved the seat of the Central Council from Elyas' place of residence Eschweiler to Cologne.
literature
- Nadeem Elyas , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 17/2006 of April 29, 2006, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- Literature by and about Nadeem Elyas in the catalog of the German National Library
- Islam must be interpreted differently in every country ( Memento from December 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Central Council of Muslims: Axel Ayyub Koehler replaces Nadeem Elyas - Hamburger Morgenpost, February 6, 2006
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kulturwest.de: RebellComedy: Schön auf Kriegspfad , issue 4/2015
- ↑ http://www.verfassungsschutz.niedersachsen.de/portal/live.php?navigation_id=12252&article_id=54179&_psmand=30
- ↑ http://www.verfassungsschutz.niedersachsen.de/portal/live.php?navigation_id=12328&article_id=54221&_psmand=30
- ↑ http://zentralrat.de/4710.php
- ^ "Islamic Charter" from ZMD on February 20, 2002
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elyas, Nadeem |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saudi Arabian scholar of Islam and medicine |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mecca |