Wikipedia's first sentence called it “german political scientist and islamic scholar who works as a publicist and political and economic consultant”. Today it says “german political scientist and academic of islamic studies who works as a publicist and political and economic”.
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Michael Andreas Lüders (born 8 May 1959) is a German political scientist and Islamic scholar who works as a publicist and political and economic consultant . He is also known as a journalist and a writer of many novels. From 2015 to 2022, Lüders was president of the German-Arab Association . He was also an advisory board member of the Near and Middle East Association [ de ] (NuMOV) and deputy chairman of the German Orient Foundation [ de ] . He has been a member of the extended party executive of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) since January 2024. Lüders was a candidate in the 2024 European elections and is a current candidate for the 2025 German federal election . "BSW-Gründungsparteitag in Berlin: Wagenknecht nennt Ampel "dümmste Regierung Europas" " .
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german political scientist and islamic scholar who works as a publicist and political and economic consultant
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german political scientist and academic of islamic studies who works as a publicist and political and economic
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