Dec 6 The Islamic Ahmadiyya community has inaugurated two minarets for the Bait-ul-Rasheed-mosque in Hamburg-Schnelsen, a district of the North German city. Both minarets are 14 meters high and visible. Mirza Masroor Ahmad, head of the Ahmadiyya community in London attended the ceremony. Also, representatives of the Christian and Jewish community of Hamburg,…
Dec 12 After controversial debates about religious motivated circumcision, the German Federal Parliament approves circumcision. The circumcision must be executed by trained persons and must fulfill health and medical regulations. A prior draft attempted to legalize the circumcision of boys with the minimum age of 14. However, the majority of the parliament did…
December 11 The mayor of the City State Bremen Jens Böhrnsen (SPD) defined the treaty of the City State of Bremen with the Muslim community as the right step. Muslims would be an integral part of Bremen. The treaty includes the implementation and recognition of religious-related holidays, including school holidays, religious education and burial…
Dec 13 Erol Pürlü, speaker of the coordination council of Muslims, thanked the German commission of inquiry for its efforts to shed light to unsolved questions related to the right-wing terror series. He criticized the distorted picture of Islam in the public, which would enhance the stigmatization of Muslims. Aiman Mazyek, chairman of…
November 26 Federal President Joachim Gauck has refused to meet bereaved family members of the victims murdered by the right-wing terrorist group NSU (National Socialist Underground). The Turkish community had welcomed a meeting but the Office of the Federal President refused it. Kenan Kolat, representative of the Turkish community criticized the reaction of…
