Finding a Place for Islam in Germany

Islamic Organisations under Private and Public Law

Bibliographic Data

ID20245142
AuthorsRiem Spielhaus (0000-0002-4311-2323, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, corresponding author), Martin Herzog (0000-0002-0174-2853, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume8
Issue3-4
Pages419-443
Publication date2015-12-12
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religion in Europe (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1874-8910 • E-ISSN: 1874-8929
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/18748929-00804009
OpenAlexW2200340957
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited1

While in current debates on Islam in Germany recognition is often reduced to incorporation of Islamic organisations under public law, this article demonstrates that German law provides a variety of legal instruments that allow for public involvement of religious communities incorporated under private law. Despite the formal separation of state institutions and religious communities, German law encourages collaboration and visibility of religion in public space. This corresponds with the German constitutional framework that locates religion not (only) in the private, but also in the public sphere. Presenting insights from legal and Islamic studies, this article portrays recent legal measures such as new legislation and treaties concluded by German federal states ( Bundesländer ) and Islamic organisations that enable Muslim religious practice in public space, like prison chaplaincy and burial according to Islamic rites

German · Islam · Legislation · Political science · Prison · Public law · Public space · Sharia · Sociology · Theology · History · Law · Religion, Theology, and Education · Religious Freedom and Discrimination

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