New York Times: Inshallah Is Good for Everyone
Source: The New York Times By Wajahat Ali, who is the author of the play “The Domestic Crusaders” and creative director of Affinis Labs, a hub for social entrepreneurship and innovation […]
How Angela Merkel’s great migrant gamble paid off
Source: The Guardian By Philip Oltermann in Berlin Mohammad Hallak found the key to unlock the mysteries of his new homeland when he realised you could switch the subtitles on […]
Goethe and ISLAM: Religion has no nationality
Source Qantara.De By Melanie Christina Mohr Translated from the German by Ruth Martin Johann Wolfgang von Goethe may have had his reservations about Islam – as he did about Christianity […]
Germany’s FM Maas calls for thaw in Turkey-Greece tensions in Mediterranean
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: Daily Sabah German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas Tuesday called for direct dialogue between Turkey […]
German population of migrant background rises to 21 million
Source: Migrants Info Germany saw a 2.1% increase in the population with a migrant background in 2019, though the rate of increase was the least rapid since 2011. The largest […]
Separate reports find that the integration of migrants in Germany is proceeding ‘well’
Source: Migrants Info By Sertan Sanderson Four scientific studies in Germany conclude that the integration of migrants and refugees is proceeding increasingly well. The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) […]
‘Not acceptable’ – Namibia rejects German genocide reparations offer
MOHAMMED AWAL August 12, 2020 at 08:30 am | NEWS MOHAMMED AWAL FULL BIOCLOSE Photo credit: Namibian presidency Namibia has turned down Germany’s offer for reparations for mass killings in its then colony. […]
From Pink Mosque to Turkish rooms: Traces of Ottoman influence in European architecture
Source: Daily Sabah By ALİ TÜFEKÇİ; ISTANBUL; Arts The 18th century was a period of great acculturation between the Orient and the West. The first thing that came to mind […]
Germany rated world’s most admired country
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: The Local Germany stood out from other surveyed countries with a government approval rating […]
Merkel named world’s ‘second most eloquent leader’
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: The Local Merkel joins other women scoring highly in the Development Academy’s list with […]
Trump’s pick for German ambassador called Muslim refugees ‘invaders’
August 6, 2020 – by David Jan Klein Image by Wikipedia Retired U.S. Army Colonel Douglas MacGregor Retired U.S. Army Colonel Douglas MacGregor, a frequent guest on Fox News and […]
Being Muslim in Germany’s Bundeswehr means no pastoral care
Lieutenant Nariman Hammounti-Reinke risked her life for Germany in Afghanistan. But, on a religious level she feels left out by the Bundeswehr, despite the growing number of Muslim troops […]
A New Divan: Cultural dialogue between East and West 200 years after Goethe
In his “West-Eastern Divan” published 200 years ago, Goethe promoted the idea of cultural proximity between Orient and Occident. The festival “A New Divan” in Berlin aimed at revisiting his […]
‘You cannot fight the pandemic with lies’ — Angela Merkel knows how to insert a dagger
Source: CNN Angela Merkel may not scream down the phone at President Donald Trump — but she knows how to insert a dagger.Trump, as well as Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, must have felt his ears burning when theGerman Chancellor demolished their approaches to the coronavirus in a […]
‘For Europe to survive, its economy needs to survive’: Angela Merkel interview in full
Source: The Guardian As the rotating presidency of the EU council passes to Germany on 1 July, the country’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, sat down for an interview with the Guardian and five other European […]
‘Serious times’: Merkel kicks off EU presidency with Brexit warning
Source: The Local Germany has set itself an ambitious agenda for the EU presidency, which observers say may be the last chance for outgoing chancellor Merkel to shape her European […]
Swiss court approves extradition of PKK recruiter to Germany
Swiss court approves extradition of PKK recruiter to Germany A PKK militant stands at a barricade in Diyarbakir, southeast Turkey (2016). Keystone Switzerland’s highest court says it has approved the extradition […]
U.S.-China Tensions Leave Germany Squirming in the Middle
Source: WSJ Germany is struggling to pick sides in the escalating dispute between the U.S. and China over issues ranging from trade to human rights, amid mounting American pressure and Beijing’s authoritarian […]
Bye Bye Catholic Church
Source: Spiegel Translated in to English by Nirmal Adeel and Zubair Khalil Khan, Germany Note: Madam Doris Bauer, 52 years old, was engaged in priest department of Catholic Church Cologne […]
Germany launches terrorism probe over planned attack on Muslims
Police arrested a 21-year-old suspected right-wing extremist after he threatened to kill Muslims in Germany. The man reportedly said he wanted to carry out an attack similar to the deadly […]