The Radical Islamist Roots of the Frankfurt Attack

3 March 2011 Arid U., who has confessed to the Wednesday shooting of two US airmen at the Frankfurt airport, was an unfriendly loner, say his neighbors. But his list of Facebook friends indicate that the 21-year-old had several contacts with radical Islamists. Indications are mounting that the assault on a bus carrying US soldiers…

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Debating Integration: Competing Views on Germany’s Immigrants

25 February 2011 Immigration is a heated topic in Germany. SPIEGEL recently sat down with two experts – a Turkish-born sociologist and a German-born journalist – to explore the issue. And found that a reasoned debate is difficult to come by.

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“Merkel is afraid” — Interview with Geert Wilders

9 November 2010 In a SPIEGEL interview, Dutch Islam-opponent Geert Wilders discusses his fight for a Koran ban, why German Chancellor Angela Merkel is running scared on the immigration issue and his belief that the Netherlands’ debate over Muslims has now crossed the border into Germany. (…) SPIEGEL: Are you familiar with this quote from…

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Interview with the former Islamist Ghaffar Hussain: The Islamist Mindset ‘Is Very Comfortable’

Ghaffar Hussain was once a radical Islamist with the group Hizb ut-Tahrir. Now he is part of the Quilliam Foundation, a British think tank seeking to combat extremism. He spoke with SPIEGEL ONLINE about the Islamist world view and the pleasant feeling of omniscience.

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INTERVIEW WITH BRITISH HOME SECRETARY: ‘No Day This Year without a Terror Trial’

In an interview with SPIEGEL, British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith discusses her country’s experience in taking in former inmates from the Guantanamo prison camp and how her country is seeking to reach out to young Muslims before they radicalize. SPIEGEL: In Germany, a national debate is simmering over whether the country should take in prisoners…

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