Christine Schirrmacher, born on May 2, 1962, completed her doctoral studies in Bonn; then in 2012, she habilitated in the Department of Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn with a thesis on the topic of apostasy and human rights.
May 2nd, 1962
Lorrach in Germany She then completed her doctoral studies in Bonn, where she where she 1991 obtained her PhD with a thesis on the Christian-Islamic controversy in the 19th and 20th centuries and on the history of the impact of the so-called Gospel of Barnabas. In 2012 she habilitated in the Department of Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn with a thesis on the topic of apostasy and human rights: "'Let there be no Compulsion in Religion' (Sura 2:256): Apostasy from Islam as Judged by Contemporary Islamic Theologians: Discourses on Apostasy, Religious Freedom, and Human Rights". 
