Dear readers, We begin the year with an extensive double winter issue. At the Reinhold Frank Memorial Lectures in summer 2014, Jörg Armbruster was invited to Karlsruhe to give a lecture entitled “Democracy in the Arab World. What chances does it have?” Armbruster was the correspondent of the German TV Channel ARD for the Middle […]
Continue ReadingTable of Contents Editorial Abier BushnaqEnglish German Arabic Democracy in the Arab World. What chances does it have? Jörg Armbruster – GermanyArabic German Navid Kermani’s Speech before the German Bundestag on the 65th anniversary of the Basic LawNavid Kermani – GermanyArabic German A culture of tolerance, the tolerance of ambiguity Rachid Boutayeb – MoroccoArabic Masculinity […]
Continue ReadingIbn Rushd’s work and Influences Abu al-Walid Muhammad Ibn-Rushd, also known as Averroes in the West, was born in 1126 A.D (died in 1198) in Cordova. His ideas influenced the transformation of thought in medieval Europe. He is considered the last of the great Muslim thinkers who integrated Islamic traditions and Greek thought. His beliefs […]
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