Lamya Kaddor

Lamya Kaddor (born 11 June 1978 in Ahlen) is a German writer and scholar of Islamic studies of Syrian ancestry who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 elections. She is the founder and chairwoman of the Liberal-Islamic Association (LIB e.V.)[1][2] and is known for introducing Islamic education into German public schools.[3]

Lamya Kaddor
Member of the Bundestag
for North Rhine-Westphalia
Assumed office
2021
ConstituencyAlliance 90/The Greens List
Personal details
Born (1978-06-11) 11 June 1978
Ahlen, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyGreens

Early life

Kaddors arrived in Germany from Syria in 1978.[4]

Career as teacher

Together with Rabeya Müller, Kaddor published the first German Qur'an translation for children and adults: "Der Koran für Kinder und Erwachsene".[5] Furthermore, she is the initiator and editor of the first German school book for Islamic education, called "Saphir".[6]

Especially since 2014, Kaddor has been working on the subject of Salafism and Islamism. Five of her former students volunteered for jihad in Syria, which Kaddor perceived as a personal defeat.[7]

Kaddor taught Islamic education in a secondary school in Dinslaken in North Rhine-Westphalia.[8]

Together with peace activist Tarek Mohamad, Kaddor organized the Nicht Mit Uns – or Not With Us – protest march in Cologne in June 2017 to make a stand against acts of terror and violence carried out in the name of Islam.[9]

Political career

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 German elections, Kaddor was part of her party's delegation in the working group on homeland security, civil rights and consumer protection, co-chaired by Christine Lambrecht, Konstantin von Notz and Wolfgang Kubicki.[10]

In parliament, Kaddor has been serving on the Committee on Internal Affairs since 2021.[11] In this capacity, she is her parliamentary group’s rapporteur on relations with the Middle East.[12]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Green Party under Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst following the 2022 state elections, Kaddor was part of her party’s delegation in the working group on education.[13]

Other activities

Political positions

When Hans-Peter Friedrich said at his first news conference as Federal Minister of the Interior in 2011 that “Islam in Germany is not something substantiated by history at any point” and that Islam did not play a major role in German culture, Kaddor responded that “such statements are not only politically and historically wrong, I think they are dangerous.”[17]

References
  1. "Liberal-Islamischer Bund". Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Judy Dempsey (6 March 2011), New Interior Minister Revives a Debate: Can Muslims Be True Germans? New York Times.
  3. "Koran ohne Schleier" (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2008.
  4. Kate Connolly (16 June 2017), Muslim groups in Germany at odds over planned anti-terrorism march The Guardian.
  5. "Der Koran für Kinder und Erwachsene". Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  6. "Saphir". Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  7. "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl".
  8. "Religion Research". Retrieved 18 August 2008.
  9. Kate Connolly (16 June 2017), Muslim groups in Germany at odds over planned anti-terrorism march The Guardian.
  10. Britt-Marie Lakämper (21 October 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  11. Lamya Kaddor Bundestag.
  12. Marc Latsch and Alexander Triesch (15 November 2022), „Ich bin mir nicht sicher, was passiert, wenn homosexuelle Fans sich offen zeigen“ Rheinische Post.
  13. GRÜNE benennen Team für Koalitionsverhandlungen Grüne NRW, press release of 31 May 2022.
  14. Board of Trustees Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB).
  15. Wahlen zum Kontrollgremium und einem Kuratorium Bundestag, press release of 12 May 2022.
  16. Advisory Board Islamkolleg Deutschland (IKD).
  17. Judy Dempsey (6 March 2011), New Interior Minister Revives a Debate: Can Muslims Be True Germans? New York Times.
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