Düsseldorf: Zwischen Ehrgeiz Und Benachteiligung Alevitentum Als Schulfach Eingeführt, Doch Anzahl Der Alevititischen

    Sch_ler Unklar The Ministry of Education in North Rhine Westphalia has accepted the offer of the Alevitischen Gemeinde Deutschland to provide religious instruction in schools. This follows Berlin, Hessia, Bavaria, and Baden Wurttemberg in the recognition of the community. The instruction will follow the determination of the number of students desiring this instruction. The recognition…

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      New article”We Need New Answers”; Muslim Immigrants In Germany Are Once Again The Focus Of Debate

      The London bombings have rekindled a debate on radical Islam and Muslim immigrants in Europe. German-Turkish politician Cem _zdemir told DW-WORLD that tightening security alone wouldn’t work in the fight against terror. Germany is home to some 3.5 million Muslims, the majority from Turkey. German Interior Minister Otto Schily has warned that “immigrant generations in…

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        German Muslims Feel Sidelined

        By Stefan Nicola Muslim organizations in Germany say they feel sidelined after last week’s terrorist attacks on London’s mass transit system amid calls from lawmakers for greater integration by the community and more vocal criticism of Islamic militancy. “There is no strategy for the integration of Muslims in Germany,” Ali Kizilkaya, head of the Islamrat…

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          Greater Surveillance Of German Muslims? Some Want More Spot Checks Of German Mosques

          Conservative German politicians Thursday called for increased surveillance of Germany’s Muslim community following the revelations that the London terrorist attacks last week were likely carried out by British Muslims. “We have to know what’s going on in every mosque,” Bavaria’s interior minister, G_nter Beckstein, told the Berliner Zeitung newspaper. “We have to have an intelligence…

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            Religion is More than a Class on Morality

            Muslims entering the fifth grade have a free hour while Catholic and Protestant students take religious instruction. The state of Berlin is looking to remedy this situation by creating a value instruction course to replace for those who do not take religious instruction. This has created a new controversy in the ongoing conflict in Berlin…

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