November 26 Muslim associations in Lower Saxony have criticized Minster of Interior Uwe Schünemann (CDU) for defining Muslims as a marginal group. The associations did not accept to dialogue with the Ministry of Interior in July, after Minister Schünemann had refused to withdraw his “checklist” for the recognition of Islamists. Emine Oguz, a lawyer…
June 17 A new initiative of the Ministry of Interior of Lower Saxony raised concern among German Muslim associations. The Bremen and Lower Saxony branches of the Muslim associations Ditib and the Shura of Lower Saxony cancelled a scheduled meeting for Monday with the local Ministry of Interior Uwe Schünemann (CDU). The reason for such…
April 18 The Federal Ministry of Interior Hans-Peter Friedrich (CSU) has rejected the proposal of the Interior Minister of Lower Saxony Uwe Schünemann (CDU) to include the issue of Koran distribution by Salafist activists in the agenda for the upcoming Islam Conference. Since the beginning of April, Salafist groups have been distributing free copies…
08./09.03.2012 Last week, Lower Saxony’s interior minister Uwe Schünemann presented his proposal for a de- radicalisation programme designed to prevent young Muslims from being lured into extremist groups. With his proposal, Schünemann continues his hardliner course on extremism and terrorism; in 2010, he had already proposed a plan to fight an increasing terror threat, which…
16 September 2010 The German government plans to enlist imams educated at German universities to improve the integration of young Muslims in the future. The program, however, threatens to create a conflict between Germany and Turkey and with Muslim organizations. In the wake of the grim conclusions reached by Thilo Sarrazin, a former executive board…
