Central Institute Islam Archive Germany

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The Zentralinstitut Islam-Archiv-Deutschland Stiftung eV (ZIAD) is a central archive founded in Berlin in 1927 on the Islamic communities in Germany and thus at the same time the oldest Islamic institution in German-speaking countries. It has been based in Soest since 1981 . The senior director and spiritus rector was Muhammad Salim Abdullah , who long served as a member and representative of the Islamic World Congress . Stefan Loubichi was appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees on November 11, 2012. After the death of Muhammad Salim Abdullah on October 26, 2016, his granddaughter and heiress Lejla Bednorz transferred the archives of the University of Münster.

Statutory tasks

  1. The ZIAD preserves and researches the records and documents of the establishment of Islamic churches in Germany since 1739.
  2. It guarantees documentary accompaniment and support for the Islamic minority in the Federal Republic of Germany.
  3. It serves to promote the dialogue between the Muslims living here and their communities and those belonging to other creeds and world views.
  4. The institute prepares reports for authorities and other bodies as well as associations .

Document stocks

The document collections include:

  1. Islam in Germany
  2. Islam in Europe
  3. Islamic world organizations
  4. Islam in non-European countries
  5. Christian minorities in the Islamic world
  6. Christian-Islamic dialogue
  7. Christian mission among Muslims
  8. School and religious education
  9. Question of the recognition of Islam in Germany
  10. Broadcast archive
  11. International Islamic Magazines
  12. Churches on foreigners policy

In 2005 the library comprised around 6,000 titles in the subject areas: Islam in Germany , Europe, dialogue, foreigner issues, Islamic theology and history, as well as Christian theology. The institute has the most extensive collection of historical German-language editions of the Koran .

public relation

The archive has an extensive historical exhibition on the history of Islam in Germany , which can be borrowed by municipalities and other institutions. This exhibition includes around 160 objects, text panels and pictures.

The association publishes the press service Islam-Echo (combined with Islam-Nachrichten), which is supposed to inform the media about events and developments in the Islamic diaspora and in the Muslim world organizations (quote) "from the point of view of those affected".

The quarterly magazine Moslemische Revue (united with “Die Islamische Gegenwart” founded in 1927) is (quote) “an independent, opinionated, socially open and dialogue-oriented magazine. It is the official newsletter of the Zentralinstitut Islam-Archiv-Deutschland eV and the sponsoring association of the institute ”.

The press service and the quarterly magazine are edited in the "Münster / Osnabrück branch". There are further branch offices with various functions in Bremen, Hamburg and Cologne or Duisburg.

Once a year, the Muhammad Nafi Tschelebi Media Prize is awarded to German-speaking authors who have promoted the dialogue between the Muslims living here and the majority population in particular in their writings, lectures or projects. Prize winners included:

  1. Michael Fitzgerald, erem. Archbishop, President a. D. the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
  2. Michael Lüders, journalist and publicist, President of the German-Arab Society
  3. Romani Rose, Chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma
  4. Walter Homolka, rabbi, rector of the Abraham Geiger College at the University of Potsdam

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Moslem Revue Vol. 2013 Jan - March 2013, page 86, ISSN 0930-7338: [1] .
  2. ↑ Church + Life , July 16, 2017, p. 10.
  3. ↑ Digital copies of older editions: aaiil.org , ahmadiyya.org .