2024-05-02 16:05:07
A Muslim journalist sees no contradiction between Sharia and the state. Now her role as broadcasting councilor is being questioned.
A broadcasting councilor in Hesse is causing a stir. Since 2021, Khola Maryam Hübsch has represented the Muslim community on the Hessischer Rundfunk committee. Last Monday she caused a stir on the show “Hart aber fair”. When it came to a demonstration in Hamburg calling for a caliphate, she apparently showed understanding. “I belong to a community that has a caliph. A global caliph.”
Hübsch was sent to the Broadcasting Council by the Ahmadiyya community. Since 2016, the broadcasting law in Hesse has stipulated that representatives of the Muslim community must be represented on the broadcasting council.
According to her own statements, she is a journalist and publicist, she writes books and articles on Islam and can often be seen on talk shows. Her main topics are tolerance in Islam, Sharia law and secularism.
However, with her understanding of Sharia, the Islamic body of law, she was met with astonishment on the talk show: “If a Muslim is good to his neighbors, if he works for the common good, does volunteer work, then he is following Sharia.” She does not see a contradiction between Sharia and the state; according to Sharia, believers must adhere to the laws of the country. Caliphate and Sharia are completely normal terminologies in the Islamic world.
Member of the state parliament criticizes statements
From Hesse there are now doubts about her qualifications as a broadcasting councilor. The FDP member of the state parliament, Yanki Pürsün, criticized the appearance: “Broadcasting councils are obliged to serve the general public. The relativizing statements are very irritating. The demos in Hamburg were not about association internal matters, but rather the abolition of the free democratic basic order. We neither allow this nor tolerate it we do such actions,” he said to “Bild”.
The Frankfurt city parliament is even calling for a dismissal: “Anyone who defends the Caliphate and Sharia is not independent, such a person can never be suitable for a body like the Broadcasting Council,” said CDU politician Yannik Schwander to “Bild”.
Hübsch did not comment directly on Platform She also shared the post of a user who wrote: “When I look at the current discussion on the topic of the caliphate state, anger rises within me.” Murat Kayman, himself a journalist, emphasized in his articles that the caliphate problem cannot be pushed aside.
Ahmadiyya community sees homosexuality as a sin
The Frankfurt resident is a member of the Ahmadiyya community, which is led by 73-year-old Pakistani Mirza Masroor Ahmad. It is considered a reform movement in Islam and wants to spread the faith through peaceful means. In Hesse and Hamburg it is recognized as a corporation under public law.
The Ahmadiyya community has been criticized in the past for its stance on homosexuality. The international website states: “Homosexual acts are considered a sin.” The LGBTQ community is therefore denied the right to fight for equal treatment as minorities. Community leader Mirza Masroor Ahmad had claimed in 2016 that eating pork leads to homosexuality.