Muslim burials in cemeteries in Germany

Online seminar 2025

The online seminar includes the following dates:
Mon, 16 June 2025, 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tue, 17 June 2025, 9.30 am to 1.00 pm
Mon, 23 June 2025, 9.30 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.
Tue, 24 June 2025, 9.30 am to 12.45 pm

Organised by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Friedhof und Denkmal e. V., Central Institute and Museum for Sepulchral Culture, Weinbergstraße 25-27 | 34117 Kassel, info@sepulkralmuseum.de | www.sepulkralmuseum.de

With Gerold Eppler M. A. and Dr Dagmar Kuhle

Many people of the Muslim faith who die in Germany are still sent for burial to countries from which a previous generation immigrated. One reason for this is German burial law, which is difficult to reconcile with a large proportion of Muslim burial rites. This concerns, for example, the wish for a coffinless burial, the wish for a burial within one day, the wish to dig the grave themselves and the wish for eternal rest for the grave. However, more and more Islamic burial plots are now being created in cemeteries in Germany in order to give people of the Muslim faith the opportunity to be buried - at least to a large extent - according to the rules of their religion, and the first Islamic cemetery has been initiated. The cemetery administrations are called upon to organise the coexistence of different cultures in a way that is compatible for everyone involved.

In the seminar, Islamic burial grounds and associated facilities at the cemeteries of the participants will be presented and discussed with regard to religious, social, economic, cultural-design and legal aspects. The seminar is aimed at cemetery office managers, cemetery employees and undertakers.
Further information

The event will be organised using the Webex conference software. An internet-capable device with camera and microphone is required for participation. You will receive the access link at least one day before the seminar. As attention in front of the screen usually wanes more quickly than in face-to-face contact, the seminar is spread over four mornings. In the individual seminar units, participants will have the opportunity to present Islamic cemeteries at their own cemeteries and there will also be enough space for questions and discussions.

Participation fee
300,- Euro; members of the working group: 250,- Euro
Max. Number of participants: 10 persons

Registration by 26 May 2025 with Ines Niedermeyer
E-mail: niedermeyer@sepulkralmuseum.de
Phone: 0561 91893-40