“I don’t need this negativity in my life”: Constantin Schreiber doesn’t wish to say something extra about Islam

“Tagesschau” spokesman and Islam professional Constantin Schreiber now not needs to say something publicly about Islam. “I’ll now not touch upon something that has something remotely to do with Islam. “I received’t write any books about it, I flip down speak present requests, I received’t do this anymore,” he says in an interview within the present subject of the weekly newspaper “Die Zeit”.

“Some individuals would possibly have fun now and perhaps open the bubbly bottles. Whether or not this can be a win for freedom of expression and journalism is one other query.”

Books by Schreiber: partly important

Schreiber’s books and TV experiences typically critically study sermons and instructing materials in mosques and Koranic colleges. He criticized the truth that there was agitation towards Germany there. Within the interview, nonetheless, he emphasised that he had not written something important of Islam, anti-Islam or anti-Muslim.

His novel “The Candidate,” the dystopia of a Germany in 2050, described the excesses of identification politics which have reached the purpose of absurdity. Saban Hussein, feminist and Muslim, is on his option to the Chancellery, however was definitely important of Islam.

The journalist, who realized Arabic with a number household in Syria as an adolescent and, after finding out regulation, labored for a Lebanese each day newspaper and an Egyptian TV station, amongst others, was given a cake by left-wing activists throughout an look on the College of Jena on August twenty ninth Face pressed. He had beforehand been threatened, amongst different issues, by a taxi driver on his doorstep.

“I simply mentioned, no, I don’t need that, I don’t need this negativity in my life,” says Schreiber, who has additionally been one of many audio system for the principle version of the “Tagesschau” since 2021.

He sees throwing the cake as a infantile act. Nevertheless, he was rather more involved that the organizers of the studying didn’t straight defend him and categorical solidarity with him, however as an alternative emphasised that the opinions of those individuals shouldn’t be excluded.

On this context, Schreiber additionally criticized the angle of many journalists. “What I already sense in my career is a warning in terms of polarizing debates.” This is applicable, for instance, to the dialogue on Islam, the matters of local weather or migration. “This warning could be very noticeable, out of concern of being drawn into one thing that may very well be very disagreeable.” (with KNA)