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Dr. Mahmoud Jaraba

Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Researcher, Erlangen Centre for Islam and Law in Europe (EZIRE), FAU Erlangen–Nürnberg

Dr. Mahmoud Jaraba is a Research Fellow and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Erlangen Centre for Islam and Law in Europe (EZIRE), FAU Erlangen–Nürnberg. His work focuses on organised crime, kinship-based criminal networks, so-called clan crime, migration, radicalisation, Islamism, and Islamic family law in Europe. He has conducted long-term ethnographic research on family and kinship structures, criminal networks, and processes of marginalisation, with particular expertise on Germany, Turkey, and Lebanon. His research combines criminology, anthropology, and socio-legal analysis. Jaraba has published widely on clan-related crime, women’s roles in criminal networks, and informal Islamic legal practices in Europe. He is currently working on major research and publication projects examining kinship, illegal cooperation, and religious order in Germany. His work aims to contribute to a more differentiated and empirically grounded understanding of organised crime, migration, and social exclusion in Europe.

Publications
  • Jaraba, M. (2026). Die Clans aus al-Rashidiya: Arabische Familien und ihre kriminellen Netzwerke. C.H.Beck.
  • Jaraba, M. (2024). The nexus of women and ‘clan crime’: Unravelling the dynamics and constraints. Trends in Organized Crime. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-024-09530-8
  • Jaraba, M. (2024). Local German Salafists and Saudi Arabia: An unholy alliance. Journal of Muslims in Europe. https://doi.org/10.1163/22117954-bja10083
  • Jaraba, M. (2024). Rethinking consanguineous marriages in a diasporic setting: A case study of ar-Rashidiyya kinship community in Germany. Journal of Family History. https://doi.org/10.1177/03631990241252056
  • Jaraba, M. (2022). Problems relating to archiving nikah documents in Germany’s Arab mosques. Journal of Muslims in Europe, 11(3), 315–332. https://doi.org/10.1163/22117954-bja10061
  • Rohe, M., & Jaraba, M. (2015). Paralleljustiz: Eine Studie im Auftrag des Landes Berlin, vertreten durch die Senatsverwaltung für Justiz und Verbraucherschutz. Erlangen/Berlin.
  • www.linkedin.com/in/mahmoud-jaraba-35417874

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