Digital series in the summer semester 2025

May 22, 2025 / 19:00 - 20:30 / digital

Islamism is one of the greatest challenges facing democracy today. Not because Islamist groups necessarily threaten violence, but because the aim of Islamist movements is always to establish a state that is governed according to Islamic law. Young people are specifically recruited; quite a few end up becoming radicals. Islamist movements use democratic freedoms with the aim of ultimately abolishing precisely this democracy and freedom. In such a state, women's rights and the rights of those who think differently only exist within the framework of Sharia law. This makes Islamism a politically extremist ideology.

While terrorist attacks by jihadist movements are a frequent topic in the media, the more dangerous Islamism as political extremism receives far less attention. Over five evenings, the lecture series “Dimensions of Islamism in Society and State” aims to shed light on the ways in which Islamist forces are effective in state and society and what counter-strategies and solutions could look like. 

The series is being organized in cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Institute for Oriental and Asian Studies at the University of Bonn and the Gesellschaft für Sicherheitspolitik e.V. - Bonn Section.

Please register via the Friedrich Naumann Foundation at 

https://tinyurl.com/47s27fpp¹

Opening:

Richard Rohde

Section Head of the Gesellschaft für Sicherheitspolitik e.V. (GSP) - Bonn Section

Lecture:

Gülden Hennemann

Political scientist, Head of the Central Coordination Office for Measures against Extremism in the Bavarian Prison System (ZKE)

Discussion and your questions:

Prof. Dr. Christine Schirrmacher

Professor of Islamic Studies at the Universities of Bonn and Leuven