Nomination of German Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Sparks Controversy

The highly controversial nomination of publicist Ferda Ataman as federal anti-discrimination commissioner,  has led to the postponing of the election. The Commissioner  is the head of the Anti-Discrimination Agency (Antidiskriminierungsstelle), affiliated with the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth . Up until this year, the Commmissioner was appointed by the Federal…

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Muslims in German political parties

April 23, 2014   In Germany, both the Greens and the Christian Democrats have had working groups for Muslim members for some time now. In February, the Social Democrats followed suit. Are these new groups really and truly different? Or are Germany’s main political parties simply jumping on the diversity trend bandwagon? Qanrara: http://en.qantara.de/content/muslims-in-german-political-parties-the-diversity-trend

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