Wearing the niqab in Germany: a DIY-experiment

What is it like to live as a woman who covers her face with a veil in Germany? How do people on the street react? Chamselassil Ayari, a reporter for Deutsche Welle’s Arab language service, wore a Muslim full-body covering garment for one day. Her experiment began on a sunny spring Saturday afternoon on Cologne’s…

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Acquittals of Islamists raise security concerns in Spain

Spain’s National Court acquitted three Islamist extremists suspected of helping to finance al Qaeda. The acquittal is raising questions over the country’s law and judicial systems. Recently acquitted Imad Eddin Baraka Yarkas, known as Abu Dahdah, who is serving a 12 year sentence on a separate charge of having headed in al Qaeda cell in…

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    Turks Snub German Integration Summit

    CAIRO – An integration summit called by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to bring ethnic minorities into mainstream society was overshadowed by a boycott of Turks, the country’s largest minority, in protest at the recently approved integration law that they say discriminates against Muslims, reported Deutsche Welle on Friday, July 13. “The Turkish community is not…

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      DW-TV Expands Arabic Programming

      Deutsche Welle has announced that it intends to extend its Arabic television programming from three hours a day to eight hours effective April 2, 2007. To provide this extended service, DW has increased its Arabian editorial staff in Berlin from 10 journalists to 30. “In some countries,” DW Director Erik Bettermann said, “our programming allows…

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        Islam Summit Promises Diverse Representation of German Muslims

        The Center for Turkish Studies in Essen sees an upcoming Islam Summit as an opportunity to improve the religion’s standing in Germany. Director Faruk Sen shared his thoughts with Deutsche Welle. The discussion on Islamic terrorism in the past several years has raised interest in Islam, said Faruk Sen, director of the Center for Turkish…

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