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…
June 2 Muslim associations such as the Central council for Muslims in Germany and the Council for Coordination for Muslims in Germany (KRM) have criticized the comments of German Federal president Joachim Gauck about Muslim and the belonging of Islam to Germany. President Gauck took repeatedly distance from the declaration of his predecessor Christian…
The interviews and speeches given by Germany’s new president, Joachim Gauck, show that he is putting a clear distance between himself and Islam. But as German president, his job is not to polarise, but to differentiate. In this essay, Jan Kuhlmann argues that he should reach out more to conservative Muslims in particular
20.02.2012 While the debate about Germany’s designated President Gauck is on-going, with many politicians happy about Wulff’s successor, Germany’s Muslims are less euphoric. They have questioned Merkel’s choice of President and expressed their hopes that he will continue Wulff’s integration efforts. During his presidency, Wulff has especially reached out to Muslims in Germany (as reported),…
