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Interview with Zafer Senocak

"The Reductionism of Islam Must Stop"

In times gone past, Turkish elites were purely secular, purely western, and had absolutely nothing to do with Islam. But this is beginning to change, and a Muslim intelligentsia is forming in Turkey, says Zafer Senocak. An interview by Joachim Güntner
The Integration Myth

A Correction

According to Confucius, every good government should start by 'rectifying terms'. It would therefore seem to be a good idea to clarify the term 'integration' and debunk the six great myths about it. An analysis by Rainer Oechslen
Integration in Germany

"The Best Form of Lead Culture Is Called Democracy"

The Germans have a lot of experience with integration – but it has vanished from their collective memory. One reason why German immigration policy is driven more by fear and concerns about domestic security than by tolerance and respect. By Heribert Prantl
Islam Debate in Germany

The Jewish-Christian Tradition Is an Invention

There is only one main opponent on the current battleground – Islam. Jewish intellectuals and Muslims in Germany must engage in a new relationship, writes the philosopher Almut Sh. Bruckstein Coruh
The Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art

"Not Just the Art of Religion, But of Empires"

This summer the Victoria and Albert Museum in London opened its new Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art following a three-year renovation and re-design. The gallery displays around 400 of the museum's renowned collection of 10,000 Islamic objects. Charlotte Collins reports
Artistic Freedom and Cultural Policy in Iran

Art under Divine Dictatorship

Iran's artists made good use of the brief period of opening under the liberal President Khatami. However, the Islamic Republic's increasingly rigid cultural policy is now threatening to wipe out all they achieved at the time. By Alessandro Topa and Roshanak Zangeneh
Marjane Satrapi

East Is Not East, West Is Not West

In the cartoon novel "Persepolis," Iranian illustrator Marjane Satrapi has created a sensation with the story of her childhood in Iran. The book has been translated into several different languages and has met with enthusiastic acclaim. By Petra Tabeling
Portrait of the Iranian Artist Shirin Neshat

Imaginary Orient

Shirin Neshat is probably Iran's best-known artist. In her suggestive, mythologically charged photographs and films, she often deals with gender differences in the Islamic world and, as a result, is frequently accused of using clichés. By Amin Farzanefar
Interview with Georges Corm

Double Standards

Georges Corm is convinced that as long as the West pursues double moral standards and applies international law unequally, its attempts to establish dialogue with the Islamic world cannot be taken seriously. Mona Sarkis spoke to the social scientist and former Lebanese Finance Minister
Georges Corm

"Laicism Should Not Be Seen as a Specifically Western Doctrine"

Georges Corm, economist and former finance minister of Lebanon, doesn't spare the Islamic world criticism, but he also says that the West is far less rationalist than is commonly believed. By Alexandra Senfft