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Row over students’ prayers highlights questions of Islam’s visibility in the German educational sector

researcher7 years ago7 years ago05 mins

“Provocative” and “conspicuous” praying A secondary school in the Western German city of Wuppertal has caused a stir by prohibiting its Muslim pupils from “conspicuous praying”. In an internal memo directed at the teaching staff, the administration of the Johannes-Rau-Gymnasium encourages its instructors to prevent “provocative” praying activities. For the administration, this includes the performance…

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Defusing the lure of militant Islam, despite death threats

researcher7 years ago7 years ago011 mins

These days, Dounia Bouzar doesn’t go anywhere without her three bodyguards. The French Muslim anthropologist has received death threats for unveiling the tactics of Islamist recruiters. I meet her in a cafe along Paris’ Boulevard St. Germain, where Bouzar is enjoying an ice cream sundae in the back while her security contingent, provided by the…

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French jihadist sentenced to ten years in prison following return from Syria

researcher7 years ago7 years ago04 mins

Nicolas Moreau, a convicted French jihadist who returned from Syria, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for criminal association with a terrorist organization. The 32-year-old Frenchman was not present at the Paris correctional court since he refused to leave the prison where he is being held for the hearing. Prosecutors had argued that Moreau…

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Islamist “mole” exposed at German domestic intelligence agency

researcher7 years ago7 years ago09 mins

Arrest on November 16 A 51-year-old man working at the German domestic intelligence agency – the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz) – has been exposed as an alleged sympathiser of the jihadist cause. He was arrested on November 16, after he had been placed under surveillance by his own…

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Turkish citizens’ applications for asylum in Germany on the rise, aggravating diplomatic strain

researcher7 years ago7 years ago011 mins

Growing numbers of Turkish requests for asylum During the first nine months of the year 2016, German authorities have registered a considerable rise in demands for asylum made by Turkish nationals. Between January and September, 3,973 Turkish citizens filed their requests with the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). This compares with an…

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