Muslims in Europe”For integration, read assimilation”
Islam expert Schirin Amir-Moazami says Europe must take a more critical look at the social and political conditions under which Muslims immigrated to Europe – and in which they now […]
Turkish, Greek elections may test transatlantic solidarity
YASAR YAKIS April 16, 2023 Turkiye will hold elections on May 14 and Greece on May 21. Depending on the outcomes, these two dates may signal the beginning of a […]
How German literary great Goethe admired the Orient, embraced Islam
BY ALİ TÜFEKÇİ ISTANBUL NOV 11, 2020 – 1:32 PM GMT+3 A portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe by German painter Joseph Karl Stieler in 1828. Contrary to many Enlightenment writers […]
Germany’s Migration About-Face Berlin Seeks to Recruit Skilled Labor from Africa
Germany’s Migration About-Face Berlin Seeks to Recruit Skilled Labor from Africa For years, many Germans were frightened by the idea of economic immigrants from Africa. Now, though, Berlin has begun […]
The daily experience of Islamophobia in Germany
SOCIETYGERMANY Christoph Strack 03/15/2023March 15, 2023 March 15 is the UN’s International Day to Combat Islamophobia. Many of the 5.5 million Muslims in Germany say they experience discrimination every day. […]
Putin calls Ukraine role in Nord Stream blasts ‘sheer nonsense’
Russian president rejects theory ‘pro-Ukraine groups’ carried out the pipeline sabotage and describes Germany as ‘occupied’ by the United States. Published On 15 Mar 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed […]
U.S. carried out Nord Stream bomb attack under top secret plan led by Joe Biden, report claims
Did Biden give the order to destroy Putin’s Nord Stream pipeline after Ukraine invasion? Bombshell report claims Navy divers carried out mission to kill Russia’s gas stranglehold on Europe in […]
Anti-NATO, Anti-EU, Anti-War, Protest Rallies Hit Germany, France, Italy
in World — by Countercurrents Collective — 27/02/2023 Rallies against the U.S.-led NATO bloc, the EU, supply of weapons to Ukraine and anti-war have been held across France, and in Italy and Germany. At protest sites, […]
Thousands protest in Berlin against giving weapons to Ukraine
Germany About 13,000 people gather at Brandenburg Gate, as demonstrations also take place in other German cities Kate Connolly in BerlinSat 25 Feb 2023 Thousands of people have taken part in […]
Women and Islamic studies. Annemarie Schimmel’s pioneering take on Islam
This year Annemarie Schimmel, the great German scholar of Islamic studies, would have turned 100. Unique within the German and international academic community of her time, Schimmel’s pioneering work was […]
Can you dream in another language?
(Image credit: Emmanuel Lafont/BBC) By Sophie Hardach17th February 2023 Sleep has a more powerful role in language-learning than was previously thought. What does this reveal about our night-time brain? J Just […]
Right attitude needed in post-quake era: German NGO leader
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ADANA, TÜRKIYE FEB 15, 2023 – DAILY SABAH People and rescue workers stand on the rubble of a collapsed building following the deadly earthquake in Adana, Türkiye, Feb. […]
Who bombed Russia’s gas pipelines?
February 12, 2023 – TEHRAN- As warring sides trade blame over the Nord Stream blasts, an award-winning journalist makes a bombshell revelation. In September, a series of strong explosions caused […]
European gov’ts marginalize Muslims with new discourse derived from notion of ‘political Islam’
Muslims marginalized, criminalized with new terminology frequently used in Austria, Germany, France, says political scientist Gulcin Kazan Doger |23.01.2023 ISTANBUL The discourse of battling “political Islam,” used widely […]
How Russia misread Germany’s growing influence
CNN Two years ago, Moscow eyed a US-German standoff over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as a litmus test of transatlantic power. Russia had invested heavily in the 750-mile undersea pipeline linking it to Germany and wanted to increase global sales and ramp up economic leverage over Europe and its power-hungry heavy […]
Germany’s Leopard Tanks Are a Game Changer with Significant Risks
Source: Spiegel There are two iterations of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz these days. One is calm, almost diffident, the Scholz the country knows best. This iteration is the one most often seen on television or in the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament. A man who seems almost impervious to the political machinations […]
The world’s most powerful passport for 2023 revealed
DESTINATIONSFOOD & DRINKNEWSSTAYVIDEO Search Maureen O’Hare, CNN • Published 10th January 2023 1/11 World’s most powerful passports: Global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners has released its quarterly report on the […]
Catholic Church in Crisis. Ratzinger’s Dark Legacy
Promoted posts: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy and If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins! A DER SPIEGEL Editorial by Felix […]
Is this the worst German government in history?
BY YUNUS MAZI DEC 29, 2022 The new German government has failed to fill the gap, worse even, the gap got bigger and more prominent in the current year. (Getty […]
From Queen Elizabeth II to Rudy Giuliani, here are 10 powerful, rich, and historic people who married their cousins
Katie Balevic Dec 27, 2022, 6:00 PM ADVERTISING Queen Elizabeth II married Prince Philip, her second cousin once removed. The late Queen Elizabeth II married Prince Philip, her second cousin once removed, […]