Claim: 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.
Evidence: May 2nd, 1962
Lörrach 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".