Source: Qantara Klaus von Stosch Stosch is the most important representative of Comparative Theology in Germany. In his new reference work, Stosch writes that this course of studies is a […]
Source: Qantara Muslims are divided in their views on the new German president, Joachim Gauck. Many are concerned about his evident understanding for the views of Thilo Sarrazin on Muslims […]
Credit: UK TIMES LONDON: Zubair Khan This time Mr Mazhar Javed, Acting Ambassador of Pakistan in Germany, accompanied by Mr Ghulam Haider, Press Counselor Pak Embassy Berlin, who briefed the […]
Source: Spiegel Germany:By Thomas Schulz in New York Getty Images It wasn’t so long ago that many viewed Germany’s economic model as outdated and the country as the “sick man of Europe.” These days, however, even the Americans have come to praise parts of it, though they still doubt whether […]
Source: Spiegel Germany By SPIEGEL Staff A snap election in North Rhine-Westphalia will put Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government under intense strain this spring. Her junior partner, the FDP, is putting its own survival above coalition unity. And an early tactical error by her party’s candidate, Norbert Röttgen, could wreck its […]
Source: Spiegel-Germany By Jan Puhl Witold Krassowski/ DER SPIEGEL Determined to develop its nuclear industry to meet its booming energy needs, Poland is tired of lectures from its environmentally conscious neighbor Germany. After all, Poles argue, the Germans have benefitted from nuclear power for decades. The differing energy philosophies threaten to strain […]
Credit: Wasim Ahmad Butt. By Zubair Khan Mamdouh Ahmed Butt with German Chancellor Chancellor Angela Merkel. When ever any Ahmadi achieves any distinction it gives immense pleasure to whole of the Jamaat. Mention of such achievements by Ahamdies pave the ways for others to follow the same path. By […]
Source: The Local The smoking ban in German pubs and cafes, even patchily implemented, has clearly reduced the number of heart attacks over the last few years, a report published […]
Source: The Local Most food products aimed at German children is too sweet and fatty, making it “practically impossible” to give kids a healthy diet based on food designed for […]
Source: Spiegel International The tiny village of Feldheim, some 60 kilometers southwest of Berlin, was catapulted by chance to the forefront of the renewable energy movement. Now visitors from around […]
Source: The Local Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle ruled out even talking about German military involvement in Syria on Friday, saying it would be “counterproductive,” during a meeting of the Council […]
Source: The local Scientists at the world’s biggest IT fair unveiled on Tuesday what they hope is the car of the future that can shrink to fit tight parking spaces […]
If you got rid of the outer trappings of wealth, would you gain inner wealth? One woman says yes, and is trying to convince others that backing away from what she calls “a greedy consumer society” provides a better quality of life and personal freedom. Heidemarie Schwermer, a 69-year-old German […]
Source: Qantara Author: Claudia Mende For Wolfgang Benz, the stigmatisation of Jews through anti-Semitism is most certainly comparable with the exclusion of Muslims as a manifestation of hostility towards and […]
Source: The local German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich has come under attack from the key author of “The Daily Life of Muslims in Germany” study, published by the Bild newspaper […]
Credit; Spiegel-Germany Kai Löffelbein/ zenith-Fotopreis An estimated 4 million Muslims live in Germany, but what does Muslim life really look like in the country? Eighty-four German photographers recently set out in search of answers — and came up with some surprising results. What does Islam look like in Germany? Can you tell if […]
Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | EU Desk Source/Credit: The Tagesspiegel, By Benjamin Lassiwe | February 27, 2012 It is rare for a Muslim to deliver a sermon in a Catholic church. […]
Credit: Spiegel-Germany dapd German Chancellor Angela Merkel has a difficult choice ahead of her. Merkel is damned if she does — but Europe could be damned if she doesn’t. Pressure is growing on the German chancellor to drop her government’s opposition to significantly increasing the size of the permanent euro […]
France and Germany are following the US and Britain in withdrawing civilian staff from Afghan government institutions in the wake of the killing of two senior US Nato officers. […]
Source:The Local Escalating unrest following the burning of the Koran by US soldiers has forced Germany to give up one of its Afghanistan bases earlier than planned. After 300 protesters […]