Schirrmacher, Prof. Christine

Christine Schirrmacher holds an M. A. and a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Bonn, where she is presently researching Islamist movements in the media. She is also professor of Islamic Studies at the Evangelisch-Theologische Faculteit (ETF) in Leuven, Belgium. She regularly lectures on Islam and security issues at government security policy institutions in Germany, teaches at the Academy of Foreign Affairs in Berlin and is a consultant to various advisory bodies of society and politics. She is director of the International Institute of Islamic Studies (IIIS) of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), and its German counterpart, the Institute of Islamic Studies (Institut für Islamfragen).