Curriculum vitae

Personal information

  • Martin Klapetek, Ph.D. born 27. 3. 1977 on Čeladná, Czech Republic

Department/Faculty/University

  • Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
    The Faculty of Theology
    University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
    Kněžská 8, CZ- 370 01 České Budějovice

Function, current position

  • Lecturer

Education and academic qualifications

  • 2003: Master's degree, Historical Studies - Study of Religions, Faculty of Arts Masaryk University in Brno, thesis "Pilgrimage as the component of folk spirituality in years 1945-1989"
  • 2003: State Examination for Teaching, History-Social sciences, FF MU
  • 2010: Doctor of Philosophy degree, Study of Religions, Faculty of Arts Masaryk University in Brno, thesis "Muslim Organizations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland"

Professional experience

  • 2005 -: Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies The Faculty of Theology University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, assistant professor

Teaching activities at The Faculty of Theology University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (for full-time study and external study)

  • Contemporary religious scene in the Czech Republic
  • Fundamentals of Religious Studies
  • History of religion
  • History of religious studies
  • Introduction to reading the Koran
  • Introduction to Religious Studies
  • Islam on the threshold of the third millennium
  • Islamic art and architecture
  • Folk Devotion
  • Reading professional texts in German 1
  • Religion and movies
  • Religion studies - world religions
  • Seminar for bachelor's thesis
  • Systematic religious studies III. (Islam)
  • Systematic religious studies IV. India (Hinduism, early Buddhism)
  • The phenomenon of pilgrimage in Western monotheism
  • Tutoring seminar 1-4
  • Under my methodical guidance, 45 bachelor's and four master's theses were successfully defended.

Research activities

  • Islam in Western Europe
  • Muslim funeral culture
  • Folk Devotion - Pilgrimage
  • Modern Sacred Architecture
  • Interfaith Dialogue and Religions in Pluralistic Society

Projects

  • 2006: Program CURSUS INNOVATI The Jan Hus Educational Foundation "Innovation of Lecture Study of Religions – World Religions".
  • 2007: Project Higher Education Development Fund (FRVŠ), No. 464/2007 F5/a "Innovation of Lecture Systematic Study of Religions 3. (Islam)"
  • 2008: Project Higher Education Development Fund (FRVŠ), No. 192/2008 F5/a "Innovation of Lectures on Faculty of Theology University of South Bohemia - replenish the fund teaching aids (ritual, ikonografic and art charakter)"
  • 2014: Subproject TF - Innovation of Lecture „Islamic Art and Architecture“, Institutional Development Plan 2014 University of South Bohemia in Czech Budejovice.
  • 2014-2016: Postdoctoral Project "Contemporary Islamic Architecture in Germany, Austria and Switzerland", Czech Science Foundation.
  • 2014-2016: Member of team of Standard project "Death, Tombs and Grave in Islam", Czech Science Foundation.
  • 2014: Innovation of Lecture „Introduction to Reading the Qur'an“, Institutional Plan 2015 University of South Bohemia in Czech Budejovice.

Professional stays abroad

  • 2005: Intensiv Program Socrates/Erasmus "The Concept of God in Europes Global Religious Dialogue- Translating God(s): Thinking the Divine in Interreligious Encounter." Paris, France.
  • 2006: "Neuwaldegg Summer Seminar" Neuwaldegg Institut/Civil Institut, Vienna, Austria.
  • 2006: SOCRATES/ERASMUS - lectures about modern history of islam, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Greek-Catholic Theology, University of Prešov in Prešov, Slovakia.
  • 2009: ERASMUS - lectures about modern history of islam in Europe and Arabic in Koran Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Greek-Catholic Theology, University of Prešov in Prešov, Slovakia.
  • 2012 March: "Study and research stays for academic staff" at the Institute of Religious Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland), the program Academic Information Agency, the Centre for International Services of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
  • 2012 September October: "Study and research stays for academic staff" in Berlin (Poland), financed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
  • 2013: lectures about classical islam and modern history of islam in Europe, Department of Ethnology and Non-European Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia.
  • 2014: March-April: "Study and research stays for academic staff" at the Department for European Islam Studies Warsaw University (Poland), the program Academic Information Agency, the Centre for International Services of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
  • 2017: ERASMUS+ - lectures about islam in Germany and Austria, Department of Ethnology and Non-European Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia.
  • 2019: March-April: "Study and research stays for academic staff" at the Department for European Islam Studies Warsaw University (Poland), the program Academic Information Agency, the Centre for International Services of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
  • 2019: Erasmus+ - training at the Near and Far East Institute, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
  • 2020: March: one-week teaching stay within the CEEPUS network at the Department of Comparative Religious Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Comenius University in Bratislava.
  • 2020: March: one-week teaching stay within the Erasmus+ network at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of the Greek Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Prešov in Prešov.
  • 2021: July: weekly Staff Week within the international credit mobility project of the Erasmus+ program, University of Sarajevo.
  • 2022: May: one-week teaching stay as part of the international credit mobility project of the Erasmus+ program, Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Sarajevo.
  • 2023: February-July: "Study and research stay for academics" at the Department of Comparative Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, the cycle of lectures on Islam in Europe. Based on a selection process, it was financially supported by the National Scholarship Program of the Slovak Republic.
  • 2024: May, Erasmus+, STT stay at the Department of Comparative Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • 2024: July, Erasmus+, STT stay at the Rectorate of the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Non-university activities

  • 2004-: member of Czech Association for the Study of Religion. 2015-2017: Member of the Executive Committee
  • 2006-2016: moderator of local group The Czech Christian Academy in České Budějovice
  • 2007-2016: draft committee of Religious Studies journal Pantheon, Department of Religious Studies Faculty of Arts and Philosophy University of Pardubice, 2013-2016: assistant editor.
  • 2007-2014: draft committee of tabloid "Perspektivy" of journal Katolický týdeník
  • 2009-: member of Společnost česko-arabská/Czech–Arab Society
  • 2009-2024: member of Společnost pro mezináboženský dialog/Society for Interreligious Dialogue.
  • 2014-: member of Baraka: Centrum pro kultury Blízkého východu a severní Afriky/Baraka: Center for Near Eastern and North African Cultures.
  • 2014-: member of Rada Wspólna Katolików i Muzułmanów/The Common Council of Catholics and Muslims, Poland.

Scientific lecturer czech edition

  • Sean McLoughlin, Světová náboženství, Praha: REBO 2005. ISBN 80-7234-446-3
  • Ludmila Muchová, Porozumění světovým náboženstvím, Brno: Jiří Brauner, Kartuziánské nakl. 2006. ISBN 80-86953-03-3
  • Karel Sládek, Ruská diaspora v České republice. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart 2010. ISBN 978-80-87378-49-6
  • Audiovizuální pořady Judaismus, Křesťanství, Islám, Hinduismus, Buddhismus. Pardubice: Religionistické a filosofické vzdělávací centrum Univerzity Pardubice 2010.
  • Pracovní listy religionistiky. Sv. 1-9. Pardubice: Religionistické a filosofické vzdělávací centrum Univerzity Pardubice 2010. ISBN 978-80-7395-270-9 (soubor)
  • Jakub Havlíček, Cesty božstev. Otázky interpretace náboženství a nacionalismu v moderním Japonsku. Brno: MUNI 2011. ISBN 978-80-210-5563-6.
  • Petr Hlaváček et al., (In)tolerance v evropských dějinách / (In)tolerance in European History (Europaeana Pragensia 3), Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Filozofická fakulta and Filosofia 2011. ISBN 978-80-7308-366-3
  • Beránek, Ondřej (ed.): Arabské revoluce: Demokratické výzvy, politický islám a geopolitické dopady.Praha: Academia 2013. ISBN 978-80-200-2298-1
  • Červenková, Denisa: Náboženství jako teologický fenomén. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart 2014. ISBN 978-80-7465-073-4
  • Sládek, Karek: Ruská menšina a česká společnost: Východiska transkulturní komunikace. Ostrava: Moravapress 2014. ISBN
  • Mendel, M.: Muslimové a jejich svět: o víře, zvyklostech a smýšlení vyznavačů islámu. Praha 2016. ISBN 978-80-86779-42-3
  • Topinka, D. (eds.): Muslimové v ČR. Etablování muslimů a islámu na veřejnosti. Brno: Barrister & Principal 2016. ISBN 978-80-7485-115-5
  • : Křížek, D. - Sobotková, V.: Qom, náboženské centrum Íránu. Plzeň: FF ZČU 2016. ISBN 978-80-261-0552-7
  • Černá, Z.: Reflexe náboženství ve vzdělávání s důrazem na analýzu českých středoškolských materiálů. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice 2017. ISBN 978-80-756-0107-0
  • Rosůlek, P. (ed.): Sondy do studia (o) islámu v období "migrační krize". Praha: Dokořán 2018. ISBN 978-80-7363-872-6
  • Havelka, O.: Náboženský šok: Religiózní otřesy v odlišných náboženstvích a kulturách, mezináboženský dialog a praktická religionistika poutnickou perspektivou. Praha: Akbar 2021. ISBN 978-80-906325-5-4
  • Havlíček, J.: Imagining Religon in the Czech Republic. Anthropological Pespectives. Curych: LIT Verlag 2021. ISBN 978-3-643-91342-5
  • Havelka, O.: Africká náboženství. Religionistika. Teologie. Afrikanistika. Praha: Dingir 2024. ISBN 978-80-86779-57-7

International congresses and conferences

  • 2004: International conference "Pilgrimages in European Culture." Příbram, Czech Republic.
  • 2005: Conference "Pilgrimage and Reformation." Heilbad Heiligenstad, Germany.
  • 2005: III. international conference Central European Religious Studies "Religions and body." Brno, Czech Republic.
  • 2006: 8th Crimean International Conference on Religious Studies "Religious Outlook in Ancient and Modern Societies: Holidays and Everyday Life", Sevastopol, Ukraine.
  • 2006: 5th Conference on Religious Studies "Religions and Politics", Pardubice, Czech Republic.
  • 2007: International conference "Mircea Eliade", Košice, Slovakia.
  • 2007: 9th Crimean International Conference on Religious Studies "Heavenly patrons and earthy ministers of religion", Sevastopol, Ukraine.
  • 2007: Conference "Interreligious Dialogue today", Prag, Czech Republic.
  • 2008: 8th conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions "Time of Decline, Time of Hope: Scientific, Cultural and Political Engagement of the Study of Religions", Brno, Czech Republic.
  • 2008: 7th Conference on Religious Studies "Religions and Education", Pardubice, Czech Republic.
  • 2009: International Theoretical and Practical Conference “Topical Issues of the Research of Religious Processes in Contemporary World”, Sevastopol, Ukraine.
  • 2009: XI. International conference "Sakralne fenomeny: wczoraj i dziś", Zakopane, Poland.
  • 2010: Conference "Duchovní život ve svobodné společnosti aneb Dvacet let náboženské svobody u nás", Praha, Czech Republic. Chairman of discussion group about islam in Czech Republic.
  • 2011: Organizer of scientific meeting "The relationship of theology and religious studies - still live topic?", České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • 2011: Internacional workshop "Islam and Europe", Plzeň, Czech Republic.
  • 2011: 6. Treffen des Dominikusforums "Christentum und Islam", Leipzig, Germany.
  • 2011: International scientific conference "Christianity and Islam – dialogue of cultures and civilizations", Sevastopol, Ukraine.
  • 2011: 10th conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions "New Movements in Religion", Budapest, Hungary. Chairman of group about contemporary islam.
  • 2011: International conference "Symbolizm religijny jako światowe dziedzictwo kulturowe", Zakopane, Poland.
  • 2012: 11th conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions "ENDS AND BEGINNINGS", Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 2013: Conference "Religion and Crisis of Multiculturalism", Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • 2013: XV. International conference „313-2013: «…ut daremus et Christianis et omnibus liberam potestatem sequendi religionem quam quisque voluisset…» (w 1700-tną rocznicę Edyktu Mediolańskiego)”, topic: "The growth of importance of Islam in Europe as a part of the separation of religion from culture", Kraków - Zakopane, Poland.
  • 2013: expert seminar "Options anthropological research in the study of Muslims in the Czech Republic", The Department of Sociology, Andragogy and Cultural Anthropology the Philosophical Faculty of Palacký University in Olomouc.
  • 2014: Anniversary Conference of the Department of European Islam, WO UW: "Islam w Europie - Nowe kierunki badań.", Warsaw, Poland. Topic: Islamic Architecture in Germany as a Research Area.
  • 2014: The main organizer of the Student Philosophy Conference České Budějovice 2014, TF JU, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • 2015: 4th International Study od Religions Congress. Tittle of my paper: Mosques and Islamic Prayer Rooms in Germany and Austria: Past and Present. Gdynia, Poland.
  • 2015: XXI. IAHR World Congress. Tittle of my paper: "Mosque in the European Urban Environment: Center and Periphery"., Erfurt, Germany.
  • 2015: International expert workshop "Freedom of Religions and Religious Buildings", Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague. The title of my paper was: "Contemporary Islamic Architecture in Germany and Austria: Expression of Integration or Segregation?".
  • 2016: 15. meeting on the issue sepulchral monuments. I presented a poster on my research of the islamic areas at municipal cemeteries in Germany and Austria. The Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic.
  • 2016: National conference Religion and Spirituality from the Perspective of Contemporary Study od Religions. The title of my paper was: "Islamic areas at municipal cemeteries in Germany and Austria", Faculty of Arts, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
  • 2016: International conference Minorities and Majorities in the Middle East and Asia. Department of Comparative Religion, Comenius University in Bratislava and Slovak Association for the Study of Religions. The titul of my paper was: "The Near Orient? The Transfer of “Otherness” to European Context", Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • 2017: International conference ... and you (didn't) accept me. Refugees and churches on migration. The title of my paper was "Refugees as a cultural challenge for society", TF JU, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • 2017: V. International Congress of Study of Religions. The title of my paper was: Burials in Europe as an example of integration: Muslims in Germany and Austria, Toruń, Poland.
  • 2017: 3h International Symposium Politics and Society in the Islamic World. The title of my paper was: Muslim gravestones in contemporary Germany and Austria, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
  • 2017: Conference with international participation Czech and Slovak Islamology 2017: current topics and future challenges, The title of my poster was: "Muslim graves in municipal cemeteries in Germany". TF JU, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • 2018: 16th International Conference of European Association for the Study of Religions Multiple Religious Identities – Individuals, Communities, Traditions. The title of my paper was: Muslim Areas at Municipal Cemeteries in Germany and Austria, Bern, Switzerland.
  • 2018: II. Conference with international participation Czech and Slovak Islamology 2018: current topics and future challenges, The title of my poster was: The Muslim Cemetery on Columbiadamm and the Mosque of the Martyrs, TF JU, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • 2018: International Conference „State Responses to Security Threats and Religious Diversity: What Future for Europe in the Beginning of the 3rd Millenium?", Sponsored by Pardubice University’s Department for the Study of Religions and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young, University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • 2019: 17th International Conference of European Association for the Study of Religions Religion – Continuations and Disruptions. The title of my paper was: "Şehitlik Mosque and Muslim Cemetery at Columbiadamm: Islam in Public Space". Tartu, Estonia.
  • 2019: Fifth Annual International Scientific Conference "Politics and society in the Islamic world", The title of my paper was: "Examples of the first generation of mosques in Germany, Austria and Switzerland", Instytut Bliskiego i Dalekiego Wschodu UJ, Krakow, Poland.
  • 2019: III. Conference with international participation Czech and Slovak Islamology 2019: current topics and future challenges, The title of my poster was: Rozdílná řešení oddělení pro muslimy na švýcarských komunálních hřbitovech, TF JU, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • 2020: IV. Conference with international participation Czech and Slovak Islamology 2020: current topics and future challenges, The title of my online paper was: Centrální hřbitov ve Vídni a jeho oddělení pro muslimy, TF JU, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • 2021: 18th International Conference of European Association for the Study of Religions RESILIENT RELIGION. The title of my online paper was:Place of Memory: Gravestones at Muslim Sections of the Central Cemetery in Vienna. Pisa, Italy.
  • 2021: VI Międzynarodowy Kongres Religioznawczy. The title of my paper was: Bremgartenfriedhof in Bern as the Example of Successful Integration of Muslims. Instytut Religioznawstwa Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Krakow, Poland.
  • 2021: V. Conference with international participation Czech and Slovak Islamology 2021: current topics and future challenges. The title of my poster was: "Research of Roman Letter Inscriptions on Muslim Graves in Germany and Austria". TF JU, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • 2021: International workshop "Materiality of Religion in Central and Eastern Europe", University of Szeged, Department of Religious Studies, Szeged, Hungary.
  • 2022: The 6rd International Symposium “Politics and society in the Islamic world”. The title of my paper was: Place of Memory: Gravestones at Muslim Sections of the Central Cemetery in Vienna. Department for European Islam Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
  • 2022: VI. Conference with international participation Czech and Slovak Islamology 2022: current topics and future challenges. The title of my poster was: "Výzkum náboženské funkce muslimských spolků v Německu a Rakousku". TF JU, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • 2023: 7th International Symposium "Politics and society in the Islamic world", The title of my paper was: Research on the leisure activities of Muslim associations in Germany and Austria. Department of Middle East and North Africa, Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
  • 2023: 7th Conference with international participation Czech and Slovak Islamology 2023: current topics and future challenges, The title of my poster was: "Research on the leisure activities of Muslim associations in Germany and Austria". TF JU, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • 2024: Conference "Sociology and the Scientific Study of Religion in the non/religious world". The title of my paper was: " The Islamic cemetery in Altach: the art project and a place of memory". Sociologický ústav Slovenské akademie věd, v.v.i. a Sekce sociologie náboženství České sociologické společnosti, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • 2024: 8th Conference with international participation Czech and Slovak Islamology 2024: current topics and future challenges, The title of my poster was: " The Islamic cemetery in Altach: the art project and a place of memory". TF JU, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

Most significant professional accomplishments

  • 2006/2007: Grant Jan Hus Foundation
  • 2012: 8.2. Invited lecture for the Centre for the Study of Language, Mind and Society, Faculty of Arts University of Hradec Kralove. Theme lecture "The importance of religion as an identity element for integration into Western society: Muslims in Germany, Austria and Switzerland", Czech Republic.
  • 2012: 2.5. Invited lecture for the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, Metropolitan University Prague. Theme lecture "Muslims in Germany, Austria and Switzerland," Czech Republic.
  • 07.11: Lecture on the topic: Contemporary Islamic Aarchitecture in Germany, The Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic.
  • 2012-2016: Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Theology, the University of South Bohemia in the Czech Budejovice, Czech Republic.
  • 2016-2020: Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Theology, the University of South Bohemia in the Czech Budejovice, Czech Republic.
  • 2020-2023: member of the Scientific Council of the Theological Faculty of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • 2016: 12.4. invited lecture at the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Arts of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen on the topic: "Muslim sections in communal cemeteries in Germany and Austria as an expression of integration?", Czech Republic.
  • 2017: 29.3. invited lecture organized by the Slovak Society for the Study of Religion in Bratislava on Muslims in Germany and Austria: mosques as an expression of community identity, Slovakia.
  • 2017: 26.10. and 1.11. requested lectures on "Islam in Germany, France and Austria" as part of the Islam in Europe course at the Institute of the Middle East and Africa, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
  • 2017: 4.12. invited lecture on "Muslim sections in communal cemeteries in Germany and Austria as an expression of integration?" for master's and doctoral students, Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic.
  • 2020-: Member of the Subject Committee for doctoral studies in religious studies at the Faculty of Arts of the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Reviews

  • Kropáček, L.: Martin Klapetek - Muslimské organizace v Německu, Rakousku a Švýcarsku (recenze). Dějiny a současnost, Vol. 34, No. 6, 2012, p. 46. Electronic version of the review is here.
  • Děkanovská, K.: Martin Klapetek- Muslim Organisations in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The Meaning of the Religion as an Identification Element for Integration into Western Societies (Book review). Pantheon: Religionistické studie, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2012, pp. 146-149.
  • Horálková, T.: Martin Klapetek - Muslimské organizace v Německu, Rakousku a Švýcarsku (recenze). Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Studia Territorialia, Vol. XII., No. 2, 2012, pp. 82-86. Electronic version of the review is here.
  • Kašný, J.: Islámské právo a právní postavení muslimů v ČR. In: Sládek, K. a kol.: Křesťanství a islám v liberálním státu. Výzvy tradice a současnosti. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart 2012, p. 259.
  • Děkanovská, K.: Vlivy mezináboženského dialogu na postoje muslimů k jiným náboženství. Pantheon: religionistický časopis, 2013, Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 95.
  • Janků, T.: Analýza přiznání (zvláštních) práv muslimské náboženské obci v ČR. Právnická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, Brno: 19. ročník konference Církev a stát/Zvláštní práva církví 2013, p. 21.
  • Topinka, D. - Janků, T. - Linhartová, L. - Zadina, J.: Muslimové imigranti v České republice: etablování na veřejnosti. In: Bomba, L. - Kövérová, E. - Smrek, M. (eds.): Fenomén moci a sociálne nerovnosti. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave 2013, p. 240.
  • Janků, T.: Islám v německy hovořících zemích (recenze). Dingir: religionistiský časopis o současné náboženské scéně, 2014, Vol. 17, No. 4, p. 141.
  • Malecká, Jana: Narození, svatba a pohřeb v sunnitském islámu. Brno: Masarykova univerzita 2014, pp. 20, 175.
  • Kovács, A.: Martin Klapetek - Muslimské organizace v Německu, Rakousku a Švýcarsku (recenze). Axis Mundi, 2014, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 57-58.
  • Gerstnerová, A.: Význam sdružení cizinců ze zemí subsaharské Afriky a bývalé Jugoslávie v průběhu integračního procesu. Český lid, 2014, Vol. 101, No. 2, p. 176.
  • Bubík, T.: The Czech Journey to the Academic Study of Religions: From the Critique of Religion to its Study. In: Bubík, T. - Hoffmann, H.: Studying Religions with the Iron Curtain Closed and Opened. The Academic Study of Religion in Eastern Europe. Leiden: Brill 2015, pp. 48, 50.
  • Orossová, E.: Bezproblémová výstavba? Mešity Merkez a Zentralmoschee, diskuze klíčových aktérů a integrace muslimů v současném Německu. Pantheon: religionistický časopis, 2015, Vol. 10, No. 2, p. 23.
  • Šotola, J. – Topinka, D.: Konceprualizace islámu a muslimů v ČR: perspektiva aktérů státní správy, samosprávy a neziskových organizací. Pantheon: religionistický časopis, 2015, Vol. 10, No. 2, p. 56.
  • Kropáček, L.: Jsou alevité muslimové? Dingir, 2015, Vol. 18, No. 1, p. 5.
  • Traunmüller, K.: Stavba mešit a modliteben v Rakousku. Acta Universitatis Carolinae - Iuridica,2016, Vol. LXII., No. 1, pp. 107, 109, 110, 111.
  • Váně, J. – Kalvas, F.: Obsahová analýza použití pojmu hidžáb, burka a nikáb v českém denním tisku v letech 1996-2013. Acta FF ZČU, 2016, Vol. 8, No. 1, p. 44.
  • Mendel, M.: Muslimové a jejich svět: o víře, zvyklostech a smýšlení vyznavačů islámu. Praha: Dingir 2016, pp. 277-278.
  • Beláňová, A.: Ostřanský, B. (ed.): Smrt, hroby a záhrobí v islámu: poslední věci člověka pohledem muslimských pramenů (recenze). Religio: revue pro religionistiku, Vol. 24, No.1, pp. 101-104. Electronic version of the review is here.
  • Beránek, O. - Ostřanský, B. (eds.): Stíny minaretů: islám a muslimové jako předmět českých veřejných polemik. Praha: Academia 2016, p. 257.
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