Need for Europe to Learn More about the Quran
Prominent German Quran scholar Angelika Neuwirth underlined the need for European countries to better understand the Quran.
The Arabic Studies professor at Berlin Open University added that the real worth of the Quran has not been recognized in a country like Germany and that the European country is far from recognizing the true value of the Quran, T-Online website reported.
She also said Quran is an outstanding literary work but it has not been looked upon as a cultural work yet.
The German scholar further said the Quran is very important for Germany and other European countries that have significant Muslim population.
“We cannot ignore Muslims’ culture and pretend that their identity is not related to ours,” she added.
Professor Angelika Neuwirth was born in 1943. She studied Persian language and literature in Tehran and continued her studies in the fields of Arabic, Islamic studies, linguistics and Semitic studies.
She is currently conducting research on modern and classic Arabic literature and the Quran and has written numerous papers on these topics.
Neuwirth will receive both the 2013 Muhammad Nafi Tschelebi Award for interreligious dialogue and the 2013 Sigmund Freud Prize for Scientific Prose for her scholarly work.
She is receiving these awards as recognition for her excellence in scholarly writing. The Sigmund Freud Prize includes an endowment of €20,000.
Currently, Neuwirth directs Corpus Coranicum, a research project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities that documents the hand-written and oral traditions of the Quran for the purpose of developing greater cultural understanding for a Western audience.
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She also said Quran is an outstanding literary work but it has not been looked upon as a cultural work yet.
The German scholar further said the Quran is very important for Germany and other European countries that have significant Muslim population.
“We cannot ignore Muslims’ culture and pretend that their identity is not related to ours,” she added.
Professor Angelika Neuwirth was born in 1943. She studied Persian language and literature in Tehran and continued her studies in the fields of Arabic, Islamic studies, linguistics and Semitic studies.
She is currently conducting research on modern and classic Arabic literature and the Quran and has written numerous papers on these topics.
Neuwirth will receive both the 2013 Muhammad Nafi Tschelebi Award for interreligious dialogue and the 2013 Sigmund Freud Prize for Scientific Prose for her scholarly work.
She is receiving these awards as recognition for her excellence in scholarly writing. The Sigmund Freud Prize includes an endowment of €20,000.
Currently, Neuwirth directs Corpus Coranicum, a research project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities that documents the hand-written and oral traditions of the Quran for the purpose of developing greater cultural understanding for a Western audience.
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