Over half of Turks living in Germany feel like unwanted guests. The survey was released ahead of the German Islam Conference on Thursday, March 13, where the thorny topic of integration tops the agenda. Over three quarters of the Turks surveyed, both with and without German passports, said German Chancellor Angel Merkel didn’t adequately represent…
A government-sponsored Islam Conference aimed at fostering the integration of Germany’s Muslims agreed to allow public schools to introduce religion classes on Islam in German. The third official Islam Conference held in Berlin on Thursday, March 13, agreed on adding Islam to the school curriculum in public schools amid heated debate and controversy about Muslims…
German Interior Minister Wolfgang Sch_uble is meeting with Muslim groups in Berlin for the third so-called “Islam Conference”. The aim of the annual conference is to improve the integration of Germany’s approximately 3.5 million Muslim residents, most of them of Turkish background. Topics to be discussed include the consensus on social values, religious issues and…
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.
Interview with Ali Kizilkaya, Head of the German Islam Council (Islamrat), who is one of the most traditionalist participants of the German Islam Conference.
