abrahamicstudies.com

What It Is

Abrahamic Studies is a German-language blog on religion and Islamic studies run by Fabian Schmidmeier. It appears to have previously been connected with DerOrient.com, and was later renamed because the term “Orient” carries colonial and Orientalist connotations. The site is not positioned as a general news portal, but rather as a personal academic blog covering Judaism, Christianity, Islam, interreligious discourse, Middle East and North Africa politics, and issues related to Muslims in Germany.

Core Features

The site mainly publishes long-form articles, book reviews, lecture recommendations, and thematic commentary. Crawled content shows that its articles discuss topics such as Hizb ut-Tahrir, identitärer Islamismus in Germany, Salafism, Islamic law, the Arab Spring, Israel/Palestine, hostility toward Muslims, and anti-Muslim racism. Its category system is fairly comprehensive, allowing readers to browse by topics such as “Islamic sciences / Islamic law,” “IS / al-Qaida / jihadism,” “Middle East,” and “interreligious dialogue.” The site also offers WordPress email subscriptions, a comment section, social sharing, and an author profile.

Pricing

The content is freely accessible. There is no visible paid subscription, course sales, donation wall, or membership system. The subscription feature is mainly for receiving new post notifications by email, which is a standard WordPress.com blog function.

Pros and Cons

The main strength is its clearly academic orientation: articles often cite reports, literature, and historical context, making it suitable for readers with some background in religious studies, political Islam, and Middle East studies. The topics are serious, and the site maintains an analytical perspective across extremism, Muslim communities, and interreligious relations. The downsides are that the site is primarily in German, which creates a higher barrier for Chinese and English-speaking readers; as a personal blog, its update schedule and coverage are less stable than those of professional media; and the page structure is more like a traditional blog, lacking database-style search, tag filtering, and multilingual summaries.

Who It’s For

It is suitable for students and researchers in religious studies, Islamic studies, political science, and Middle East studies, as well as readers interested in Islamism, anti-Muslim racism, and interreligious dialogue in German society. It is less suitable for users who only want quick news summaries or beginner-friendly explainers.

Access from China

The site is hosted/runs within the WordPress.com ecosystem. Article pages may sometimes open, but login, subscriptions, comments, some static resources, or embedded content may be unstable in mainland China. It is therefore assessed as “partially restricted.”