A German businessman of Syrian descent who wanted to surprise his daughter with a holiday visit was detained for four days in a Las Vegas holding cell before being sent back home without explanation. A civil rights group called authorities’ treatment of Majed Shehadeh a case of anti-Muslim discrimination. Shehadeh, 62, flew from Frankfurt to…
It was to become a meeting place, where Muslims and non-Muslims could come together. Inssan, a German Muslim organisation, applied for a building permit in Neuk_lln for a large site with a mosque, seminar areas, a youth club and a women’s centre. However, the district administration opposes the project, citing Inssan’s possible connection with the…
Police raids on Islamic schools may shake up fundamentalist cells, but officials agree that the right teachers are the best way to root out radical Islamic leanings among Germany’s Muslim youth. Weeks separated news of a police raid on an Islamic school in Frankfurt and the announcement that the University of M_nster had set up…
