Source: Arab News BERLIN: A court in Bavaria has ruled against restrictions on wearing headscarves for law students who are undergoing practical training in the justice system in the German state. The Augsburg administrative court upheld a complaint by a 25-year-old Muslim student who was told that, under Bavaria’s 8-year-old […]
Photo: DPA. Published: 24 Jun 2016 Don’t let the German bureaucracy scare you. We’ve summarized what you need to know to become an authentic German – or simply to stay in Germany permanently. Can you pass the German citizenship test? (23 Sep 14) Kids of non-EU migrants given dual citizenship […]
One of the many small garden colonies in Germany. Photo: DPA. Berlin colony says no to more ‘non-Germans’ in its gardens Published: 30 Jun 2016 12:56 GMT+02:00 Updated: 30 Jun 2016 13:20 GMT+02:00 A public Berlin garden colony has come under fire for denying two Turkish families allotment spaces, saying […]
Muhannad M said his religion prohibited him from keeping the money for himself Roisin O’Connor @Roisin_OConnor Mr Muhannad and the wardrobe where he found the money Minden Police A Syrian refugee has […]
Source: The Local Writing on Twitter, AfD (Alternative for Germany) leader Frauke Petry said that “the time is ripe for a new Europe.” The AfD has long called for the end to the Euro as a single currency for the European project, and has also been sharply critical of the European Union’s […]
Source: The Local A drunk 28-year-old and his equally sloshed 18-year-old girlfriend clambered onto one of the arches of the Kaiserlei Bridge in Frankfurt at around 11am on Thursday “and didn’t just enjoy the view,” according to police. Drivers approaching the bridge, which crosses the mighty Main river, spotted the […]
Source:The Local The attack happened at around 9.30pm in the Alt-Treptow neighbourhood, police report. According to the 21-year-old victim, three men of Arabic appearance reacted to his kippah – a religious cap worn by Jewish men – and then started to insult him. The men then went on to kick […]
Source: The Local German parliamentary state secretary to the defence ministry, Ralf Brauksiepe, was supposed to visit the Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey, which is home to US, Turkish and German reconnaissance jets, according to Spiegel and Bild. Brauksiepe had wanted to visit the base in the middle of […]
Source. The Local Logan and his German husband Niclas Wagner receive almost all the benefits of a heterosexual couple starting a new family in Germany: they get Kindergeld (children support money) from the government, Wagner was granted parental leave from his work at an advertising firm and little Neo boasts […]
Source: RT.com Published time: 17 Jun, 2016 Almost half the ethnic Turks living in Germany consider following Islamic teaching more important than abiding by the law, a new survey claims. […]
Source: Reuters Islamophobia has risen markedly in Germany, a study published on Wednesday showed, underscoring the tensions simmering in German society after more than one million migrants, mostly Muslims, arrived last year. Every second respondent in the study of 2,420 people said they sometimes felt like a foreigner in their […]
Source: BBC Germany will not recognise polygamy or marriages involving minors, Justice Minister Heiko Maas has said “No-one who comes here has the right to put his cultural values or […]
Source: Reuters German President Joachim Gauck joined a Ramadan dinner on Monday, warning against demonizing Muslims a day after a man pledging allegiance to Islamic State shot dead 49 people […]
By Riham Alkousaa, Julia Klaus, Ann-Katrin Müller and Maximilian Popp Julia Unkel / DER SPIEGEL Cases of sexual assault in German refugee shelters are on the rise, with women and children facing the greatest danger. Despite pleas for help from the government, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition has done little to […]
Swimwear adhering to hijabi dresscode banned from German pool A two-piece ‘burqini’ covers the hair and arms and has long trousers A person complained at a pool in Regensburg, southeast Germany Mayor didn’t understand why she needed to cover up in front of women By Sara Malm for MailOnline Published: […]
Source: Washington Post By Anthony Faiola ERFURT, Germany — This medieval city of timber-framed buildings and cobblestone streets is on the front lines of the escalating culture war over Islam […]
Source: Rabwah Times. On Monday June 6th Germany’s MDR Tv hosted a live debate between National President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany, Abdullah Uwe Wagishauser and Björn Höcke, who is the leader of Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party which is known for its ant-Islam stance. Wagishauser, 66, converted to […]
Muhammad Ali offering ‘salat’ at Nur Mosque Frankfurt, on his left is Imam Fazal Elahi Anwari.
Source. The Local The film itself he sees as a perfect analogy for this struggle. “The Life of Brian is against dogmatism. It is against unquestioning obedience to leadership”, traits he sees as characterizing the Catholic Church. “The Catholic Church is sexist, dogmatic and authoritarian.” “[But] Germany recognizes the Vatican […]
Source. The Local The attack comes a week ahead of the start of Euro 2016 in France, and hard on the heels of racially disparaging remarks about another German footballer, Jerome Boateng, from a member of the same Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. In an interview published on Sunday in […]