By Zubair Khalil Khan Dental Surgeon MM Bajwa MSc, recieving the Europe Star Award from Lord Ahmad of United Kingdom. On the eve of Pakistani Achievement Award-2011, for which the ceremony held at London Marriot on 16th of September, a Pakistani Origin Ahmadi Dental Surgeon of Germany, Mohammad Muzafar […]
Source: Spiegel International When Joseph Ratzinger became pope in 2005, Catholics in Germany joyfully celebrated the first German pope in almost 500 years. Since then, the euphoria has turned to disappointment and disillusionment. Benedict XVI’s visit to Germany this week will do little to heal the deep divide between conservatives […]
Source: The Local As preparations are finalised for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Germany at the end of the month, a number of MPs have declared they will boycott his speech to parliament. Around half the members of the Bundestag from the socialist Left party will leave the German parliament […]
Source: Spiegel International Germany Tension between systems of justice also represents a clash of values, according to Joachim Wagner. Using Sharia law to settle disputes can be innocent, but it can also undermine Western ideas of fairness. Journalist Joachim Wagner, author of a new book on parallel justice, discusses the […]
The Local The IFA consumer electronics fair, which opened to the public in Berlin on Friday, is shaping up as a battleground for tablet computer makers to attack the Apple iPad’s dominant market position. Fears of a recession have not hit the German capital, where fair organizers said they had […]
Source: The Local The German government’s integration commissioner said Tuesday that former central banker Thilo Sarrazin damaged efforts to integrate immigrants into society with his controversial book “Germany Abolishes Itself,” which was published one year ago. “Perceptions and realities are further apart than ever, one year after the release of […]
Source / Courtesy: Review of Religions On the 2nd Day of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany’s Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) on 25th June 2011, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad(aba), Khalifatul Masih V, Fifth Successor to the […]
Source: The Local Poet, playwright and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe has been voted the greatest German of all time in a new poll, beating runners-up chancellor Konrad Adenauer and […]
A Commentary by Rolf Schieder Source: Spiegel International Muslims in Germany have been accused of many things, from threatening the feminist cause to trying to destroy German society through “demographic jihad.” It isn’t the Muslims that are the problem, however, but rather our obsession with Islam. German Islamophobes hold that their […]
Source: The Local Facebook’s ubiquitous ‘like’ button found on countless websites accessible in Germany was declared in violation of the country’s strict privacy laws by a state data protection official on Friday. Thilo Weichert, who works for the data protection centre of the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, said the […]
Source: The Local Earth is wearing a belt of antimatter – a twin of ordinary matter that could one day be used to create fuel for interstellar space travel – according to a breakthrough study by German and Italian scientists. The scientists have for the first time spotted the […]
Source: Spiegel International Germany and Egypt have long been at odds over the return of the famous bust of Nefertiti. Now documents found in archives show that the conflict was started by a Frenchman who had fought the Germans in World War I and considered them to be swindlers. He may have been […]
Courtesy: NY Times Op-Ed Columnist Published: August 15, 2011 By JOE NOCERA When the German economy turned south after the 2008 financial crisis, the pain was mitigated by a program known as “Kurzarbeit.” The word means short work. Instead of laying off workers, German companies cut back their hours. The […]
Source: Spiegel Online News only in German … You can translate by using Google translator! Ratespiele im Ramadan: Von “Wer wird Millionär?”, dem weltweit erfolgreichen Showkonzept, gibt es jetzt eine islamische Version. In Pakistan beantworten die Kandidaten ausschließlich Fragen rund um die Religion. Der Hauptpreis lässt allerdings nur wahrhaft Gläubige in Verzückung geraten. Man stelle sich vor: Bei “Wer wird Millionär?” würde kein einziges Mal geklatscht. Wenn der Kandidat eine Frage von Günther Jauch richtig beantwortete, priese das Publikum lautstark Gott. Die Wiedererkennungsmelodie der Sendung wäre ein religiöser Männergesang. […]
Source: Qantara If it wants to be authentic and relevant to practice, religious education along denominational lines should not become an instrument of integration and should take the expectations of Muslims seriously. Nimet Seker takes a stand. The introduction of Islamic education is already a done deal in North […]
Source: Spiegel International In a SPIEGEL interview, German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich discusses the motives of Norwegian killer Anders Breivik, calls for an end to anonymity on the Internet and explains why Islam is not part of German identity. SPIEGEL: Minister Friedrich, the massacre in Norway has sparked a discussion about the […]
Source: Spiegel International The Berlin Wall, built 50 years ago this month, may be gone, but modern barriers can still be found around the world. Some are designed to keep people in, others are designed to keep people out while some are simply in place to keep people apart. SPIEGEL ONLINE correspondents profile […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Annemarie Schimmel Education Doctorate of civilization and languages, doctorate of religious history. Occupation Iranologist, Sindhologist, Orientalist, Islamic studies, Sufism studies, Iqbal studies Annemarie Schimmel, SI, HI, (April 7, 1922 – January 26, 2003) was a well known and very influential German Orientalist and scholar, who […]
Source: TheLocal The leaders of Germany and France joined US President Barack Obama on Friday in pledging to consider new steps to punish Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and his government over “indiscriminate” attacks on civilians. More here…
Source: Spiegel International The number of attempted suicides is five times as high among young Turkish-German women than their ethnic German counterparts. In a state of limbo between two cultures, they often succumb to despair. Sema, a 27-year-old woman who tried to commit suicide twice, is a case in point. […]