The latest edition, for the year 2013, of the German Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution, published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior on June 18, 2014. As recently reported in Euro-Islam, the latest report warns about the rise of xenophobic violence and the Jihadist threat in Germany. The summary of the report’s findings…
June 18, 2014 A recently published report by Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution warned against the massive increase of xenophobic violence by right-wing extremists in Germany. Compared with 2012 the xenophobic attacks have increased in 2013 by 20.4 percent – from 393 to 473. Minister of the Interior, Thomas de Maizière,…
June 16, 2014 Representatives of the umbrella organization KRM (Coordinating Council of Muslims) have met with delegates of the EKD (Evangelical Church in Germany). The central theme of this year’s meeting was the contribution of religious communities in Germany to promote peace in society and among nations. In the light of the dramatic situation in…
June 20, 2014 The upcoming visit of the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan ensures that some Austrian politicians will react very emotionally. Beside the Austrian Foreign Minister, however, some rightwing politicians criticize the Turkish Prime Minister. Nonetheless, some politicians are accusing Erdogan of splitting the Turkish community in Austria. The Austrian Foreign Minister already tweeted that Erdogan…
June 11, 2014 Austrian gymnasiums are going to establish Turkish “Matura” (general qualification for university entrance). Apart from the rightwing party FPÖ there is no resistance against that effort. The FPÖ opinion in that case is, that a Turkish Matura will negatively affect the integration process of the Turkish migrants.
