June 23, 2014 Starting in August 2014 two schools in Hamburg will test religious education in a joint sponsorship involving Jewish, Christian and Islamic communities. With this the federal state of Hamburg implements a treaty closed one year ago. Precondition for Muslim teachers is, however, that they have a regular as well as an Islamic…
June 25, 2014 According to the Central Council of Muslims in Germany the German food industry should make halal food more accessible. Particularly with regard to the month of Ramadan Hamza Wördemann, board member of the Central Council of Muslims, suggested a uniform labeling of Islam-compliant products.
June 27, 2014 Marking the 5th anniversary of the murder of Marwa El-Sherbini, the Central Council of Muslims in Germany declared 1st July 2014 as the nationwide “Day against Anti-Muslim Racism”. Aiman A. Mazyek, Chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, will participate at the commemoration ceremony of the murdered Muslim woman Marwa…
June 29, 2014 Several articles on the Austrian national public service broadcaster (ORF) are concerned with the Turkish prime ministers “non-official” election campaign in Austria. According to Turkish newspapers and political scientists, Erdogan is going to run for the upcoming presidential elections on August 10, 2014. In Austria, Germany and France Erdogan is “fishing” for potential…
June 28, 2014 According to the Wiener Zeitung, eight Syrian refugees were discovered in a Turkish truck at the toll gate at Gleinalm. The subjects were between 2 and 66 years old. It is not clear if Austria was their primary destination.
