“A new study entitled “Post-migrant Germany” set out to investigate attitudes on national identity in Germany. According to the results, these attitudes are ambivalent: people in Germany are open-minded, yet many in mainstream society have major reservations with respect to Muslim immigrants.” Claudia Mende reports for Qantara.de. [Click for Qantara’s Summary of the Report in…
“Against the backdrop of the Pegida protests, politicians in Germany must finally recognise that Islamophobia is a form of racism. Unfortunately, most decision-makers in this country are still a long way off doing that, says Armin Langer, co-ordinator of the Salaam-Shalom initiative in the Berlin district of Neukölln.” [Read more at Qantara.]
In the wake of the horrific attack on the staff of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on 7 January, Islamic associations and imams across Europe have condemned the killings. So too have politicians and religious dignitaries across the Islamic world. But, says Karim El-Gawhary in Cairo, for some people in the Arab world, things are not…
Hours after the attack at the Charlie Hebdo office, two mosques were the target of firearms and grenades in Mans and Port-la-Nouvelle. The next day, an explosion occurred near a mosque in Villefranche-sur-Saône. There are no reported victims. In Port-la-Nouvelle several shots were fired in the direction of the local mosque’s prayer room nearly one…
Deputy Prime Minister Asscher has not changed his opinion on Muslims after the attack on Charlie Hebdo. “We know there are Muslims who use their faith and commit crimes, and we also know there are Muslims who condemn such deeds.” He was present at a protest in Amsterdam against the attack to be solidairity with…
