References

Philosophy & History of Science

Prof. Dr. Alparslan Açıkgenç

Professor Emeritus, Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul

• The Concept of Knowledge, Science and Epistemology in Islamic Civilization

Community Representation

Talha Ahmad

Muslim Council of Britain

• Representing UK Muslims

Media, Communication and Rights

Dr. Hakkı Arslan

Niederrheinische Islam Akademie, Krefeld

• Freedom of Opinion

Literature, Poetry & Philology

Dr. Serdar Aslan

Islamic theologian

• German Literature Recommendations

Literature, Poetry & Philology

Ahmet Aydin

Philologist

• Goethe and Schiller
• Sturm und Drang
• Lessing’s Poetry

Religion · Society and Culture

Prof. Dr. Jonathan Brown

Georgetown University

• Misquoting Muhammad ﷺ: Understanding Hadith in the Modern World
• Workshop: Slavery, Shariah, and Justice, Answers to Hard Questions About Islam

Religion

Dr. Shadee Elmasry

Founder, Safina Society, New Jersey

• Dua, Supplication

Media, Communication and Rights

Fatma Erol-Kılıç

Communication trainer and coach, Berlin

• Communication of Power

Gender Equity

Hanim Ezder

Managing Director, BFmF Köln

• Women Taking Responsibility

Society and Culture

Prof. Dr. Ali Aslan Gümüsay

LMU Munich

• Religion and Leadership

Society and Culture

Dr. Mohammed Naved Johari

Imam and social worker, Frankfurt

• Challenges in Self-Discovery and Partner Selection

Religion

Mufti Hussain Kamani

Qalam Institute, Dallas

• Tazkiya, Spiritual Purification

Society and Culture · Interfaith Dialogue

Talat Kamran

Co-founder, Mannheimer Institut für Integration und interreligiöse Arbeit

• Islamic Pastoral Care
• Culture of Debate in Christianity and Islam, with Dr. Joachim Vette

Religion

Burhaan Khandia

• Lights of Wisdom: Ethics, Character and the Sunna in Everyday Life

Literature, Poetry & Philology

Prof. Dr. Dr. Bilal Kuşpınar

Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya

• Rumi, Divine Love
• Reading the Masnavi as a Mirror of the Soul
• The Foundations of Islamic Spirituality
• Being Human: Embracing our Inner Self

Media, Communication and Rights

Dirk Lübke

Former Editor-in-Chief, Mannheimer Morgen

• Freedom of the Press

Psychology & Mental Health

Dr. Sibel Nayman

Psychologist, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim

• Managing Anger and Rage

Society and Culture

Ahmad Schekeb Popal

Imam and chaplain, Munich

• Leadership According to Rumi

Social Issues & Security

Wolfgang Reich

Police Chief Inspector

• Antisemitism: What Can Be Done Against It?
• The Danger of Extremism

Psychology & Mental Health

Julia Ruff, M.Sc.

Psychotherapist, Offenbach am Main

• Depression Is Real

Philosophy & History of Science

Prof. Dr. Recep Şentürk

Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

• Ibn Khaldūn and the Origins of Social Science
• Islam as an Open Civilization: Multiplexity, Adamiyyah and Futuwwah

Society and Culture · Interfaith Dialogue

Dr. Joachim Vette

Evangelical Church in Baden

• Community Work in the Church
• Culture of Debate in Christianity and Islam, with Talat Kamran

Interfaith Dialogue

Paul Williams

Blogging Theology

• Was Early Christianity Closer to Islam Than We Think? The Bible, the Historical-Critical Method, and Islam