Erdogan says Turks in Germany fear for safety

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Germany yesterday to take measures to counter discrimination against its large Turkish population, saying his own relatives in the country feared for their safety. In an interview in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Erdogan also criticised German Chancellor Angela Merkel for not joining him for an event in Cologne

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Dutch police arrest suspected terrorist

Dutch authorities have arrested a 26-year old from Pakistan who is suspected of being an Islamic militant and planning attacks in Western Europe. The man was arrested in the southern town of Breda, and belongs to the same group behind a thwarted attack in Barcelona. According to sources, the man arrived in the Netherlands in

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Netherlands gets backing from EU counterparts over anti-Quran film

The prime minister of the Netherlands said he had won broad support from EU leaders concerning the expected release of an anti-Quran film by Dutch lawmaker and Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders. Balkenende said other EU countries are supporting the Netherlands’ view that it cannot silence Wilders due to the constitutional right to freedom of

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Indonesia warns Dutch anti-Islam film can disturb interfaith harmony

The Indonesian foreign ministry warned Dutch lawmakers to forbid the release of an anti-Islam film, saying it could destroy interfaith harmony. Ministry spokesperson Kristianto Legowo said at a press conference that “(The film) will be an obstacle to attempts that we and other countries have initiated. We do not want this to occur. The Indonesian

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Opinion: Islam Classes a Commendable but Long-Term Project

The teaching of Islam is to be added to Germany’s school curricula, but Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble admits the country’s 16 states as well as the Muslim community have yet to agree on the plan’s finer points. It’s hard to imagine Saudi Arabia’s interior minister inviting representatives from the country’s immigrant Christian community to a

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