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,…
November 13 The State of Hamburg, Muslim associations and the Alawite community have signed a treaty. They agree to implement and recognize religious-related holidays, including school holidays, religious education and burial rituals for Muslims. The State of Hamburg guarantees three official holidays: Eid ad-Adha, Ramadan and Ashura. Muslim teachers will be allowed to teach religious…
August 14 After three years of negotiations with Muslim associations, the State of Hamburg has agreed to implement and recognize religious-related holidays, including school holidays, religious education and burial rituals. Unlike Christians churches, Muslim mosques and associations are not recognized as corporations by public law. However, the State of Hamburg has stated it will guarantee…
Many intelligence officials in Germany are baffled by the political response to the Salafist movement. As far as they are concerned, there is too much populism, not enough strategic thinking, and ineffective communication to boot. Albrecht Metzger reports. At 6 a.m. on 14 June, a hundred-strong police unit advanced on the Millatu Ibrahim Mosque in…
25.01.2012 Selim Reid, a 24-year old man from Norderstedt, near Hamburg, Germany, has started an online service targeted towards Germany’s Muslim population, which provides gender-segregated rides. The idea for the service is based on the same principle as another popular German website, which is dedicated to arranging shared car rides. The implementation of the new…
