German Muslims’ struggle for participation in local politics

In many ways, German politics is notable for its lack of diversity. For instance, no minister in the current government is non-white; none of them possess what in Germany is referred to as a ‘migration background’ – a slippery term that in politico-administrative parlance refers to everyone with at least one parent born outside of…

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New estimates by the Office of National Statistics finds the Muslim Population the fastest growing faith group in England

The Office for National Statistics has attempted to redress the gaps in the availability of up-to-date estimates of the size of the different religious populations, by combining Annual Population Survey (APS)/household surveys, conducted between 2014 and 2016, and the most recent UK census, which took place in 2011, to produce illustration population estimates. Released in…

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German Evangelical Church conducts survey, ponders stance on Islam

The Social Science Institute of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) has published a new study titled “Islam and Muslims in Germany: The population’s view”. Just over 2000 respondents were questioned on the phone with respect to their perception of Islam’s place in German society. The study’s results can be accessed here. Although it is not…

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Bavarian state government orders that crucifixes be displayed in all public buildings

Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU), conservative sister party to Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has governed its home state of Bavaria since 1946. The only interruption to the party’s rule was a three-year spell by a Social Democrat in the 1950s, by now long forgotten. In particular, the CSU prides itself on having been…

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Amidst plummeting levels of religious observance, Germans re-emphasise their country’s Christian identity

In a new survey on Germans’ religious views and practices conducted by the Allensbach institute, a clear majority of respondents conceptualises of their country as a quintessentially Christian one. Growing emphasis on a Christian heritage 63 per cent assert that Germany is “strongly marked by Christiantiy and Christian values” – a mere five years ago, only…

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