Author: Emel Zeynelabidin

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Symbolic image for headscarf debate: Primary schoolgirl with headscarves in Berlin (photo: picture-alliance/dpa)

The headscarf debate

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Don't ban – educate and emancipate!

Why resort to bans on specific religious practices, when we live in an age and a form of society where one can open oneself to permanent processes of education? If piety and self-determination are to be brought into line with a liberal, democratic society, argues Emel Zeynelabidin, then other measures must be appliedMore

Women and Islam: On Muslim women and the Islamic dress codeBook review: Emel Zeynelabidin's "You grow up only in this life": The headscarf is not a gauge of devoutnessThe German Islam scholar Lamya Kaddor: Why I as a Muslim woman don't wear a headscarf
Three young women wearing headscarves walk through the city centre of Munich (photo: dpa/picture-alliance)

Women and Islam

On Muslim women and the Islamic dress code

The assumption that God demands submission can mislead women and turn conflicts of conscience into desperation. After all, it is women who are cheated out of their life before death by the social limitations associated with covering their heads and bodies. An essay by Emel ZeynelabidinMore

Book review of Emel Zeynelabidin's "You grow up only in this life": The headscarf is not a gauge of devoutnessThe headscarf in the colonial period: Remove your veils!Interview with Fereshta Ludin: "The decision for or against the headscarf is wholly a matter for the woman herself"The German Islam scholar Lamya Kaddor: Why I as a Muslim woman don't wear a headscarf
Ramadan is a time when Muslims around the world fast during daylight hours.

The Tradition of Ramadan

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Which Image of God Determines the Ritual Behaviour?

The Islamic month of fasting began last Monday – in Europe too, where the majority society still knows far too little about the holy practice, which is a religious duty of all Muslims and one of the "five pillars of Islam". Emel Zeynelabidin says that for this reason, posing questions that are free of fear and born of interest is now a matter of great urgencyMore

Ramadan in Europe: Muslims Long for the Call to PrayerRamadan in Germany: A Test of Faith and Strength of Character

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Most Recent Photo Essay

Women and emancipation in Oman

Pascal Mannaerts travelled to Oman at the end of 2019 in search of portrait subjects for a photo essay on women in the Gulf sultanate. Ruled by the enlightened Qaboos from 1970 to 2020, Oman enjoys a unique reputation among the Arab states – especially regarding the status and opportunities afforded to women.