Ahmadiyya in Germany
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The Ahmadiyya are movement that comprise a minority of Germany, numbering some 35,000–45,000 adherents and found in 244 communities as of 2013.[1][2][3]
History
The Ahmadis were one of the earliest Muslim communities to have been established in Germany and built the first central mosque, the
Acknowledgement with Church status in Germany
Historically, due to the Landeskirchen concept, the organizational setup of the churches in Germany has always been in close interaction with the state administration and mirrored the territorial patchwork. As a legacy of the Prussian education system, the various confessions in Germany (including in the meanwhile Jewish and secular bodies as well) have contributed to primary and secondary education in Germany and do so still. The Ahmadiyya community outstanding organizational setup mirrors that system and allowed the German Ahmadiyya community to be (2013) acknowledged as first Islamic community with the status of Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts as legal entity of public law.[7] Ahmadiyya applied for the status just to be able to offer religious education in Hessian state schools, but is allowed now to maintain their own cemeteries and have their members funds being collected by the German state's church tax system.[8] It has been deemed as historical milestone and German daily Die Welt titled the event with Islam is a part of Germany now, quoting a famous speech of former President Christian Wulff.[8]
Notable German Ahmadis
Prominent German Ahmadi Muslims include:
- Abdullah Wagishauser – Ameer (president) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany
- Hadayatullah Hübsch[9] – German writer and journalist
- Khola Maryam Hübsch[10] – German writer and journalist, daughter of Hadayatullah
See also
References
- ^ "Mitgliederzahlen: Islam", in: Religionswissenschaftlicher Medien- und Informationsdienst|Religionswissenschaftliche Medien- und Informationsdienst e. V. (Abbreviation: REMID), Retrieved 24 January 2016
- ^ "Anzahl der Muslime in Deutschland nach Glaubensrichtung im Jahr 2015* (in 1.000)", in: Statista GmbH, Retrieved 3 January 2016
- ^ "Mosque construction continues with community support: Ahmadi Muslim leader, Retrieved 22 July 2016
- ^ Jonker, Gerdien (2019). "Das Moscheearchiv in Berlin-Wilmersdorf: Zwischen muslimischer Moderne und deutscher Lebensreform". MIDA Archival Reflexicon: 3.
- ISBN 9789004234475.
- ^ Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around the World, pg. 44
- Grundgesetz)
- ^ a b Der Islam gehört nun offiziell zu Deutschland (Islam is a part of Germany now, quoting a famous speech of President Christian Wulff, by Freia Peters, Die Welt 2013
- ^ "Gotteslästerung von Hadayatullah Hübsch". Jf-archiv.de. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
- ^ "Das Kopftuch als Demonstration der Treue" (in German). echo-online.de. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2016-05-05.