European officials strongly condemned the attacks in Mumbai. Three members of European Parliament were among those trapped in the Taj Mahal hotel. They escaped unscathed, but will return to Brussels with harrowing memories. On Thursday morning, officials from the European Union and its member states strongly condemned the terror attacks in Mumbai. “Terrorism is never…
Conservative German politicians have accused Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan of interfering in German affairs and harming efforts to integrate the country’s Turks. Are they really that angry or do they just want to whip up sentiment against Turkey’s bid to join the EU? German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservatives have heaped criticism on Turkish…
The prime minister of the German state of Hesse said in an interview Sunday that he wants a ban on the wearing of Islamic dress covering the whole body in schools. This was the best way to improve the integration of Muslim female students and counteract religious pressure on them from within their own culture,…
Muslim delegates of the German Islam Conference met in October to discuss their further strategy. Although not announced in advance, the German chancellor Angela Merkel joined the group. Mariam Lau reports.
Bavaria’s conservative leader Edmund Stoiber won thunderous applause in his farewell speech for saying mosques were getting too big. . “When the mosques in our cities are bigger than cathedrals and churches, then we must tell our Muslim fellow citizens: ‘No, that is going too far.’ the leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU), sister…
