Islam expert Mouhanad Khorchide speaks about extremism, the organisation of Islam in Austria and explains why Islamic religious lessons at public schools in Austria. In particular, Khorchide criticized that Islamic religious lessons at schools are too conservative at the moment. He appeals to renew Islam in general. Islam has been interpreted and shaped by traditionalists…
According to a report by the Foreign Office, an estimated 500,000 Moroccans and 21,000 Congolese live in Belgium legally. Moroccans compromise the largest African community in Belgium, with an estimated 81,000 choosing to maintain their nationality. Not included in the report are estimates of illegal migrants, numbering at about 100,000.
A trial opened on November 15th in Paris, for some 25 men – mainly of Afghani and Iraqi Kurdish background – who allegedly smuggled thousands of illegal immigrants into Britain up until 2005. The network, nicknamed the Pashto Network has been described by prosecutors as the biggest immigration scam uncovered in recent years in France,…
Investigators believe Attila Selek is part of a cell of Islamist terrorists led by Fritz Gelowicz, who allegedly plotted to bomb US Army bases in Germany. But Selek, who was arrested last week in Turkey at the end of an interview with SPIEGEL, insists he is innocent. Holger Stark reports.
