Germany Now

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Germany Now is a podcast run from the DAAD-University of Cambridge Research Hub for German Studies. Join us as we talk with people in politics, journalism, academia and the arts about Germany's past, present and future. Presented by Professor Chris Clark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Germany Now

Episodes (3)

Apr 21, 2022 3 | German Converts to Islam
Apr 1, 2022 2 | Refugees: the newest chapter in an old story
Feb 14, 2022 1 | Uncertain Times

Germany Now

Apr 21, 2022
34¼ minutes
63 MB

In this episode, Chris Clark talks with Esra Özyürek about the backstories behind conversions to Islam in today’s Germany. Converts to Islam in Germany number about 100,000 according to current estimates. What motivates German converts to take this step? And what kind of step is it? How are converts viewed by the communities they seek to join and how are they seen by mainstream German society? And what does the convert’s journey across boundaries tell us about national and social belonging? A conversation about identity, difference and the place of religion in a secular society. Prof...

Germany Now

3 | German Converts to Islam

DAAD

00:00 -34:15