Peter Heine

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Peter Heine at the German Catholic Day 2016 in Leipzig

Peter Heine (born June 23, 1944 in Warendorf / Westphalia ) is a German scholar of Islam . He taught at the Universities of Münster and Bonn and most recently as Professor of Islamic Studies in the non-Arab region at the Humboldt University in Berlin .

biography

Heine studied Islamic studies, philosophy and ethnology in Münster and Baghdad from 1965 to 1971 . In November 1971 he was awarded a doctorate by Hans Wehr for a study of the West African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhai from the point of view of the Arab authors of the Middle Ages. phil. PhD . In January 1978 he completed his habilitation in Münster for the subject of Islamic Studies. In the following time he taught there as a professor and led various projects such as B. the research focus Modern Orient in Berlin . In 1994 he was offered a position at the University of Bonn. From 1996 to 1998 he was the founding director of the Humanities Center for the Modern Orient in the Association of Humanities Centers in Berlin . After completing this activity, Heine became a member of the board of trustees of the Orient Foundation Hamburg and a member of the advisory board of the Merhaba project for the promotion of Turkish high school students in Germany at the Thomas-More-Academy in the Archdiocese of Cologne .

From 1996 until his retirement in 2009, Heine was the traditional specialist journal Orientalist literary newspaper - initially until 1999 with Horst Klengel . Journal for the science of the whole Orient and its relations to the neighboring cultures (OLZ). There he was responsible for the Islam section . In response to the September 11, 2001 attacks , Heine published his book Terror in Allah's Name just a month after the events , in which he examined the origins of radical Islamism.

Publications

  • The West African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhai from the point of view of the Arab authors of the Middle Ages , 1973 (= dissertation Münster 1971).
  • Wine studies. Investigations into the cultivation, production and consumption of wine in the Arab-Islamic Middle Ages. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1982, ISBN 3-447-02264-7 .
  • Ethnicity and islam. Differentiation and integration of Muslim population groups (with Reinhold Stipek). Müller, Gelsenkirchen 1984, ISBN 3-89049-001-8 .
  • Culinary Studies. Studies on culinary art in the Arab-Islamic Middle Ages. With recipes. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1988, ISBN 3-447-02754-1 .
  • Ethnology of the Near and Middle East. An introduction . Reimer, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-496-00967-5 .
  • Urban households and families in the Islamic Middle Ages . In: Trude Ehlert (ed.): Household and family in the Middle Ages and early modern times . Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1991, ISBN 3-7995-4156-X , pp. 33-41.
  • O you Muslim women ... women in Islamic societies (with Ina Heine). Herder, Freiburg 1993, ISBN 3-451-04217-7 .
  • Culture etiquette for non-Muslims. A guide for everyday life . Herder, Freiburg 1994
    • updated new edition: Culture etiquette for coexistence with Muslims . Herder, Freiburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-451-34976-8 .
  • The imam courses of the German Wehrmacht in 1944 . In: Gerhard Höpp (ed.): Foreign experiences. Asians and Africans in Germany, Austria and Switzerland until 1945. Das Arabische Buch, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-86093-111-3 , pp. 229-238.
  • Conflict of cultures or enemy image Islam. Old prejudices - new clichés - real dangers . Herder, Freiburg 1996, ISBN 3-451-04455-2 .
  • Half moon over German roofs. Muslim life in our country . List, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-471-79344-5 .
  • Allah and the rest of the world. The political future of Islam . Knecht, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-7820-0836-7 .
  • Terror in the name of Allah. Extremist forces in Islam . Herder, Freiburg 2001, ISBN 3-451-05240-7 .
    • expanded and updated edition: Terror in Allah's Name. Background to global Islamist violence. Herder, Freiburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-451-34269-1 .
  • Iraq scene. Backgrounds of a world conflict . Herder, Freiburg 2002, ISBN 3-451-05371-3 .
  • From Mesopotamia to Iraq. A little history of an old country until today (with Hans J. Nissen ). Wagenbach, Berlin 2003; 2. A. 2014, ISBN 978-3-8031-2732-7 .
  • Islam as an introduction . Junius, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-88506-365-4 .
  • Ed. (With Adel Theodor Khoury and Ludwig Hagemann ): Islam-Lexikon A – Z. History - ideas - design. Herder, Freiburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-451-05780-9 .
  • Islam . Developed and commented on by Peter Heine. Patmos, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-491-72514-0 .
  • Introduction to Islamic Studies . Academy, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-05-004445-3 .
  • Fairy tales, miniatures, minarets. A cultural history of the Islamic world . Primus, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-896-78855-9 .
  • Delicious Orient. A history of food culture . Wagenbach, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-8031-3661-9 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swords for rice kettles in FAZ from January 6, 2017, page 10
personal data
SURNAME Heine, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German scholar of Islam, professor of Islamic studies
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Warendorf , Westphalia