Muna Tatari

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Born in 1971 in Germany, Muna Tatari is Professor of Islamic Systematic Theology (Kalam) at the Paderborn Institute for Islamic Theology (PIIT), University of Paderborn. She was a member of the German Ethics Council (Deutscher Ethikrat) from 2020 to 2025, being the first Muslim woman appointed to it. She holds a doctorate in comparative theology from the University of Paderborn.

Her research focuses on liberation-theological perspectives, the public voice of theology in a secular society, conceptions of the theological principle of tawḥīd (divine oneness), the relationship between faith and action, and comparative theology.

She has co-edited The Objectives of Islamic Law: The Promises and Challenges of the Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa (2018, with Idris Nassery and Rumee Ahmed), and co-authored with Klaus von Stosch Prophetin, Jungfrau, Mutter: Maria im Koran (2021).

Disciplines

Theology

Topics

Islamic Theology Theology of Liberation

Resources of this researcher

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Prophetess – Virgin – Mother. Mary in the Koran
- Muna Tatari
- Klaus von Stosch
Mary – Bridge Figure between Christianity and Islam An entire sura bears her name. She is the only woman the Koran mentions by name – more often than Muhammad or Jesus. Until today, the...

Research Group

Religion and temporality (Bonn, Germany)

Religion and temporality intersect in profound ways, shaping individuals, societies, and the course of history. From the cyclical rhythms of ritual and sacred time to the eschatological visions of the future, from historical narratives embedded within religious traditions to contemporary challenges of globalization and rapid change. Through theological approaches to time as progress and narratives of secularization, the interplay of faith and time offers fertile ground for inquiry. Through İnterdisciplinary dialog…

Universität Bonn Germany

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