Ibn Rushd-Goethe Mosque
مسجد ابن رشد - جوته Ibn Rushd-Goethe Mosque | |
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Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Moschee | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Branch/tradition | Liberal Islam |
District | Mitte |
Location | |
Municipality | Berlin |
State | Berlin |
Country | Germany |
Geographic coordinates | 52°31′33″N 13°20′7″E / 52.52583°N 13.33528°E |
Architecture | |
Date established | June 16, 2017 |
Website | |
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The Ibn Rushd-Goethe Mosque (
Background
The mosque is open to
Founder Seyran Ateş said "We need a historical-critical exegesis of the Quran" and "A scripture from the 7th century one may not and cannot take literally. We stand for a reading of the Quran which is oriented to mercifulness, love of God and most of all to peace".[5] The mosque is a "place for all those people who do not meet the rules and regulations of conservative Muslims".[6]
History
The mosque was founded by Seyran Ateş, a German
Ateş told news magazine
In July 2022, the mosque became the first in Germany to raise a rainbow flag, in support of the LGBT community.[11][12]
Reactions
Following massive threats after the opening, the founders of the mosque commented on the immense intimidation that liberal Muslims faced. They asked for tolerance and respect with regard to their reading of the Quran.[13] The personal security for founder Ateş had to be increased significantly after evaluation by the State Criminal Police Office of Berlin. In July 2017, Ateş, reported that she had received about 100 death threats since the mosque's opening.[14]
Turkish mass media displayed the Rushd-Goethe mosque as part of the Gülen movement, a claim denied by Ercan Karakoyun, chairman of the Gülen-affiliated foundation in Germany Stiftung Dialog und Bildung.[15] The claim has also been denied by the mosque itself.[16] Turkish media have been critical, and Ateş has been at the receiving end of threats and hostility, both from radical and enemies and critics of Islam, both in Germany and abroad.[17]
The fatwa institution in Egypt, the Egyptian Fatwa Council at the Al-Azhar University, labelled the mosque an attack on Islam,[18] and a fatwa against the mosque was declared.[8] The Turkish religious authority and the Egyptian authority condemned her project and she has received death threats.[19][8] The fatwa encompassed all present and future liberal mosques. The Al-Azhar University is opposed to liberal reform of Islam and issued the fatwa because of the mosque's ban on face-covering veils such as burqa and niqab on its premises, allowing women and men to pray together and accepting homosexuals.[8]
References
- ^ Eddy, Melissa (2018), "By Taking a Bullet, a Muslim Woman Finds Her Calling", The New York Times, retrieved 29 March 2021,
Born in Istanbul to a Turkish mother and a Kurdish father, she emigrated with her parents to what was then West Berlin in the late 1960s, part of the first large wave of Muslim immigrants who came to fill the blue-collar jobs needed to rebuild the German economy after World War II. Ms. Ates was 6 when she and her four siblings moved into a one-room apartment with their parents.
- ^ Breyton, Ricarda (2017-06-23). "Die meisten liberalen Muslime haben Angst". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-25.
- ^ "Der Islam gehört nicht den Fanatikern" (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-16.
- ^ "Moabit: Liberale Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Moschee ist eröffnet". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 2019-02-08. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
- ^ "Ich will in der Moschee Mensch sein". www.rbb-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-16.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Berlin's First 'Liberal Mosque' Fights Extremism, Death Threats With 'Modern Islam'". nbcchicago.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ^ ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
- ^ "A 'liberal' mosque where burqas are banned has opened in Germany". The Independent. 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
- ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
- ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Berlin mosque flies rainbow flag in support of LGBTQ community | DW | 01.07.2022". DW.COM. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ "Berlin mosque becomes 'first in Germany' to fly LGBTQ+ Pride flag". GAY TIMES. 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ NDR. "Seyran Ateş zur Kritik an liberaler Berliner Moschee". www.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ Lutz, Martin (1 July 2017). "100 Morddrohungen gegen liberale Moschee-Gründerin". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Karakoyun: FakeNews von AHaber sorgt für Hetzjagd auf Facebook - Deutsch Türkische News | DTJ ONLINE". Deutsch Türkische News | DTJ ONLINE (in German). 2017-06-19. Archived from the original on 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
- ^ tagesschau.de. "Diyanet wettert gegen neue Berliner Moschee". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg (20 June 2017). "Berlin: Türkische Medien hetzen gegen liberale Moschee von Seyran Ates - Spiegel Online - Politik". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Fatwa-Behörde kritisiert liberale Moschee in Berlin scharf - WELT". DIE WELT. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
- ^ Germany, WeltN24 (23 June 2017). "Liberal Moschee in Berlin: "Die meisten liberalen Muslime haben Angst" - WeltN24 - Deutschland". Die Welt. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
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Further reading
- Strack, Christoph (17 June 2018). "Berlin's liberal mosque marks 1-year anniversary". DW.
- Eddy, Melissa (22 June 2018). "By Taking a Bullet, a Muslim Woman Finds Her Calling". New York Times.