Initially, reactions on the part of German Muslim leaders to the attacks in Manchester and London had been muted, with a sense of the routinized and somewhat hapless repetition of well-worn formulas of shock and condemnation prevailing. Fighting against complacency This limited response has not gone unnoticed, with many criticising Islamic associations and Muslim representatives for…
A charged political atmosphere On July 31st, 2016, up to 40,000 people, most of them German Turks, congregated on the banks of the river Rhine in Cologne to show their support for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the wake of the country’s failed coup. German media and politicians presented the rally in an…
Pegida, a populist anti-Islam movement – in Germany. It only held its first march against the “Islamisation of the West” in the German city of Dresden last October; now, it seems, it is ready to spread its message internationally. Branches have been set up in several other countries, including France and Spain, and the Newcastle…
December 13, 2013 Over 100 demonstrators attended a rally last night in protest against “legitimisation of sex apartheid” by Universities UK (UUK). Protesters are up in arms over controversial new guidelines from the body on the laws affecting external speaker events. They claim that the new guidance will allow “ultra-orthodox religious groups” to separate…
November 6, 2013 Parents upset about a history textbook that they say emphasizes Islam more than other religions protested outside Volusia County school district headquarters. The parents claim that the book contains too much information about Islam and not enough about Christianity and other religions. There was even a call by organizers asking students…
