March 11 German authorities have reported about a German Islamist with Syrian origins fighting in Syria. Hajan M. (38) has been a citizen of the German city of Kassel. He has released a video through the social network Youtube, calling all Muslim “brothers” to fight for Jihad in Syria. German secret service expects a…
March 9 Federal President Joachim Gauck has met young Muslim immigrants prior to the annual young Islam conference. During the conference, young Muslims are given the opportunity to show their societal engagement and discuss political and social issues with politicians and local experts. Albeit, most participants expressed their satisfaction about the event, some…
March 9 28 years old social pedagogue Funda Doghan is specialized to advise Muslim job seekers. Although, migrants with “diversity” skills have been employed at German public services and job agencies to advise minority groups, the job consultant is a new concept. The city of Waiblingen in the German State of Baden-Württemberg has implemented…
The German government’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Markus Löning (FDP), is critical of citizenship laws that force young Turks to choose between German and Turkish nationalities. His view breaks with government policy to date. Daniel Brössler spoke to him It was a compromise that now forces thousands of young descendants of immigrants in Germany to…
Pope Benedict XVI was only just in the process of becoming a Pope. He will be remembered by the Turks as someone who got lost in this process. How Turkish Muslims viewed Benedict XVI. By Kerim Balci The Turks often view global events from the perspective of their own domestic politics. In Turkey, the unexpected…
