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Schavan says school Islam lessons improve integration

Society: 25 Jul 10
Education Minister Annette Schavan has defended the controversial policy of introducing lessons about Islam into German school classes, saying they aid integration. READ »

Vandals attack 'veil martyr' memorial

Society: 23 Jul 10
Vandals have attacked an art project erected in honour of a pregnant Egyptian woman who was murdered in a German court room, organisers said Friday. READ »

Dresden honours Egyptian 'veil martyr'

National: 1 Jul 10
The city of Dresden on Thursday paid its respects to a pregnant Egyptian woman who was stabbed to death in a courtroom one year ago in a racially motivated crime that outraged the Muslim world. READ »

Karadzic: Germany withholding proof of Bosnian weapons trade

National: 30 Jun 10
Suspected Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic is reportedly accusing the German government of holding back explosive documents that show NATO conducted illegal weapons deals during the Bosnian war. READ »

Scotsman to make history as state premier

Politics: 28 Jun 10
Part of a new, increasingly diverse generation of German politicians, half-Scottish David McAllister is set to become the new premier of Lower Saxony. He spoke to The Local's David Wroe. READ »

Children's stone attack on Jews sparks outrage

Society: 24 Jun 10
Germany’s Jewish community has reacted with shock to a stone-throwing attack by Muslim children as young as 10 on a Jewish dance troupe performing at a Hannover festival, media reported Thursday. READ »

Teachers to get training in forced marriage prevention

National: 11 Jun 10
German teachers are to get guidelines on handling the issue of forced marriages with their pupils, the government said Friday following a spate cases in recent months. READ »

Religious Muslim boys more violent, study says

Society: 6 Jun 10
A study that shows boys growing up in religious Muslim families are more likely to be violent seems set to reignite the debate over religion and integration, a media report said on Sunday. READ »

Government's Islamic Conference gets off to a rocky start

National: 17 May 10
The second German Islamic Conference began on Monday in Berlin, but it was overshadowed by the withdrawal of one Muslim group amid a policy squabble and the disqualification of another. READ »

Blow to Islamic Conference as leading Muslims pull out

National: 13 May 10
The second German Islamic Conference – a key meeting to improve Muslim integration – is set for a shaky start Monday after one of the main Muslim associations abruptly announced this week it was pulling out. READ »

Bundeswehr lacks chaplains for Muslim and Jewish soldiers

Society: 11 May 10
The German military is becoming increasingly multicultural, but the Bundeswehr reportedly has yet to provide chaplains for its growing ranks of Muslims and Jews. READ »

MEP Koch-Mehrin calls for Europe-wide burka ban

Politics: 1 May 10
After Belgium's parliament voted to ban Islamic full-face veils, the German vice-president of the European Parliament, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, has called for a ban of the burka throughout Europe. READ »

'Die Fremde' takes top honours at Tribeca Film Festival

Society: 30 Apr 10
New German film “Die Fremde,” or “When We Leave,” took home two top awards for Best Narrative Feature and Best Actress on Thursday night at the ninth annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. READ »

Bavaria rebuffs China over Uighur 'terrorists'

National: 29 Apr 10
Bavaria has knocked back a demand from China to list a group representing the Uighur ethnic minority – which has a violent separatist movement in China – as a terrorist organisation. READ »

A Muslim Christian Democrat's crucifixion

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Apr 10
The Christian Democrats hoped making a Muslim woman a state minister would show how tolerant their party has become. But as ZEIT ONLINE's Christian Bangel writes, a debate over crucifixes in schools shows how much it hasn't. READ »

CDU chastens new Muslim minister for mooting school crucifix ban

Politics: 26 Apr 10
Just one day before taking her post, Lower Saxony’s new Social Minister Aygül Özkan has apologised to her fellow Christian Democrats for starting a heated debate by suggesting that crucifixes don’t belong in German public schools. READ »

Integration official rejects call for school crucifix ban

National: 26 Apr 10
Germany’s Integration Commissioner Maria Böhmer on Monday rejected calls by Lower Saxony’s new social minister for a ban on crucifixes in schools, saying they were part of the country’s national identity. READ »

Muslim minister-designate calls for state school crucifix ban

Politics: 24 Apr 10
The designated social minister in Lower Saxony – Germany’s first woman Muslim state minister – has called for crucifixes to be removed from state schools, saying they have as little place there as headscarves. READ »

Merkel: 'rules changed' for Turkish EU bid

Politics: 29 Mar 10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Turkey Monday that its membership talks with the European Union did not guarantee accession and urged it to grant trade privileges to EU-member Cyprus. READ »

Merkel arrives in Turkey for tense talks

Politics: 29 Mar 10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Turkey on Monday for a two-day visit, overshadowed by barb-trading over Turkey's troubled EU membership bid and the Turkish immigrant community in Germany. READ »

Thousands protest neo-Nazi demonstration in Duisburg

National: 29 Mar 10
More than 4,500 people gathered at a mosque in the North Rhine-Westphalia city of Duisburg on Sunday to protest marches by neo-Nazis and anti-Muslims. READ »

Merkel visits Turkey amid broad disagreements

National: 28 Mar 10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel flies into Turkey on Monday for a delicate two-day visit against a backdrop of profound differences with its leaders over its limping EU accession bid. READ »

Erdogan urges Germany to allow dual citizenship

National: 24 Mar 10
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged Germany, where some three million people of Turkish origin live, to loosen its rules for dual citizenship. READ »

Dutch populist Wilders 'unwelcome' in Eifel town

Society: 16 Mar 10
The Dutch anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders has been told he is “not welcome” in the western German town of Monschau after he spent the weekend in the Eifel region. READ »

Popular Passion play bad for Bavarian barbers

Society: 16 Mar 10
Once every 10 years, this Bavarian village crucifies Jesus all over again and local hairdressers nearly go out of business. READ »

Neo-Nazis resort to subtler tactics

National: 15 Mar 10
Neo-Nazis in Germany are changing their recruitment strategy to include subtler tactics that target young people, a domestic intelligence expert said on Monday. READ »

Giving English the big kiss-off

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Feb 10
Roger Boyes, the Berlin correspondent for British daily The Times, doesn’t lament the end of Deutsche Bahn’s troubled romance with the English language. READ »

Golden Bear contender focuses on Muslims in crisis

Society: 18 Feb 10
The debut feature of an Afghan-German director has joined the running for the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, one of a clutch of features taking a fresh look at Islam at this year's event. READ »

Leading conservative calls for more immigrant naturalisation

Society: 14 Feb 10
The president of Germany’s federal Parliament, Norbert Lammert, called on Sunday for the country to work together to raise the immigrant naturalisation rate, singling this out as the best path to greater integration. READ »

Karneval – the history

Lifestyle: 8 Feb 10
The Local’s Karneval guide delves into the traditions of Teutonic debauchery. READ »

Merkel urged to lead integration debate

National: 7 Feb 10
The leaders of Germany’s Turkish and Islamic communities called on Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday to get personally more involved in socially integrating disillusioned youngsters from immigrant backgrounds. READ »

Orthodontist refuses to treat teen named 'Jihad'

Society: 5 Feb 10
An orthodontist in the state of Baden-Württemberg has reportedly turned a 16-year-old boy away because she was offended by his name – “Cihad,” an alternate spelling for “Jihad,” which she interpreted to mean “holy war.” READ »

Diplomats reportedly arrested in Iran

National: 27 Jan 10
Iran said Wednesday it arrested two German diplomats for allegedly having a hand in deadly anti-government protests which erupted on a Shiite Muslim holy day last month. READ »

First German Muslim bank prepares to open

Business & Money: 19 Jan 10
Germany’s first Muslim bank is opening in Mannheim, with plans to set up ten branches across the country offering banking services according to the ethical rules of the Koran. READ »

Westerwelle urges Turkey to pursue EU reforms

Politics: 7 Jan 10
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle urged Turkey Thursday to press ahead with reforms to bring it closer to the European Union and denied Berlin was blocking Ankara's bid to join the bloc. READ »

The Local's year in review

National: 31 Dec 09
As 2010 kicks off, The Local takes a look back at some of the stories that caught our attention during the past year in Germany. READ »

Policeman who shot husband of Dresden 'veil martyr' cleared

Society: 30 Dec 09
German investigators have dropped an investigation into a policeman who shot an Egyptian trying to save his pregnant wife being stabbed to death in a Dresden courtroom in July. READ »

Father and brother jailed for 'honour killing'

Society: 29 Dec 09
A 50-year-old Turkish man was jailed for life in Germany on Tuesday over the brutal "honour killing" of his 20-year-old daughter, a murder carried out together with the victim's twin brother. READ »

Muslims mull mosque debate after Swiss vote

Society: 16 Dec 09
The Swiss vote to forbid the construction of mosques with minarets has sparked calls for a similar ban in Germany. Robert Rigney samples the mood of the country’s Muslim community. READ »

Severed pig's ear sent to Muslim organisation

National: 16 Dec 09
A package with a severed pig’s ear was delivered to a Muslim organisation in Cologne on Wednesday by unknown perpetrators, the group’s leader said. READ »

Muslim inventor set to take orthopaedic prayer rugs worldwide

Society: 11 Dec 09
Ritual prayer for Muslims with knee problems can be painful, but an entrepreneur in Germany has patented a revolutionary solution to facilitate the centuries-old tradition – orthopaedic prayer rugs. READ »

Spread of Islam feared by 3 out of 4 Germans

Society: 11 Dec 09
Nearly three quarters of Germans fear the spread of Islam, according to a survey released on Friday. READ »

Westerwelle defends Swiss after minaret ban

Politics: 5 Dec 09
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Saturday that it was wrong to consider Switzerland a nation of bigots after its vote in favour of a ban on building new mosque minarets. READ »

Director Fatih Akin boycotts Switzerland after minaret ban

Society: 4 Dec 09
Prominent Turkish-German director Fatih Akin said has said he will not bring his new film to Switzerland in protest of a referendum vote that banned the construction of minarets in the country last week. READ »

Thou shalt not shop

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Dec 09
Jost Müller-Neuhof from Der Tagesspiegel wonders how Germans can slam a Swiss vote to ban minarets on mosques as an attack on religious freedom yet blithely accept being told by Christian churches they can't shop on Sundays. READ »

Conservatives say Muslims must show restraint with mosques

National: 3 Dec 09
Following a controversial Swiss referendum to ban mosques with minarets, Christian Democratic state interior ministers in Germany on Thursday recommended Muslims show restraint when building houses of worship. READ »

Jewish leader says Swiss vote shows Europe's growing anti-Muslim views

National: 2 Dec 09
An official from the German Jewish Council warned on Wednesday that Switzerland’s vote to ban mosques with minarets was an expression of Europe's deep-seated aversion to Islam that was aggravating the integration of Muslims. READ »

Swiss minaret ban sparks heated German debate

Society: 30 Nov 09
The Swiss vote on Sunday to ban mosques with minarets has spurred heated debate in neighbouring Germany, where the Muslim population's plans to build houses of worship has created controversy in the past. READ »

Police raid homes of alleged Chinese spies

National: 24 Nov 09
Munich investigators on Tuesday searched the apartments of four alleged Chinese agents on suspicion they have been spying on the city's Uighur community, news magazine Der Spiegel reported. READ »

Police launch campaign to find terror suspect in Afghanistan

National: 15 Nov 09
Germany’s federal police have taken the unusual step of putting up posters in Afghanistan warning of a German terrorism suspect thought to be hiding in a lawless tribal region, magazine Der Spiegel reported Sunday. READ »

'Veil martyr' family pursues court officials

Society: 14 Nov 09
The family of the “veil martyr” – an Egyptian woman stabbed to death in a Dresden court room in July – is suing a judge and court president for failing to protect her, a public prosecutor confirmed on Saturday. READ »

New programme teaches Turkish imams to lead prayer in German

Society: 12 Nov 09
A new programme is helping 17 Turkish imams learn German in a bid for improved integration, a North Rhine-Westphalian cultural organisation said on Thursday. READ »

Murderer of Egyptian 'veil martyr' gets life

National: 11 Nov 09
A Russian-born German man was sentenced to life behind bars on Wednesday for the brutal murder of a pregnant headscarved Egyptian woman, a crime that sparked outrage in the Muslim world. READ »

Britspotting film festival hits Berlin

Lifestyle: 11 Nov 09
The 10th annual Britspotting Film Festival will serve up a diverse programme of British and Irish movies from November 13 to 18 in Berlin. Check out The Local’s guide to the cinematic highlights from those windy islands off Europe’s coast. READ »

Cornerstone laid for controversial Cologne mosque

Society: 7 Nov 09
The symbolic first stone was laid for one of Europe’s largest mosques at ceremony in Cologne on Saturday after years of controversy dividing the city’s residents. READ »

'Veil martyr' trial delayed by defendant tantrum

Society: 28 Oct 09
The man on trial for murdering Marwa El-Sherbini, a pregnant Egyptian woman who died in a Dresden courtroom, delayed the third day of legal proceedings against him on Wednesday by intentionally banging his head on a table. READ »

Egyptian stab victim's husband describes attack

National: 26 Oct 09
An Egyptian man told a German court Monday how his pregnant wife was murdered before his eyes in a frenzied anti-Islamic attack, in a case that has inflamed tempers in the Muslim world. READ »

Animal blood thrown at Bavarian mosque

National: 25 Oct 09
Unknown vandals defaced a mosque with animal blood in the Bavarian town of Elsenfeld on Saturday. The blood was discovered by children on their way to Koran studies. READ »

New German technology could allow liquids on planes again

Science & Technology: 21 Oct 09
German scientists said on Tuesday they have developed a new technology that could allow air passengers to take liquids on planes again by instantly being able to tell if they are explosive. READ »

Turkish leader says kids need Islamic holiday off

Society: 13 Oct 09
The leader of the Turkish Community in Germany (TGD) Kenan Kolat said Tuesday that non-Muslim schoolchildren should be allowed out of school for an important Islamic religious holiday. READ »

Frankfurt Book Fair to open amid censorship row

Society: 11 Oct 09
The Frankfurt Book Fair's 61st edition opens on Wednesday with the sector hit hard by the global recession and a bust up over censorship with guest of honour China overshadowing preparations. READ »

Terror threats fail to derail the party at Oktoberfest

Society: 1 Oct 09
Revellers at Munich's epic beer bash Oktoberfest aren't letting terrorist threats spoil this year's party, reports AFP's Ryland James. READ »

Berlin court rules in favour of Muslim prayer in school

National: 30 Sep 09
Berlin school officials and parents are disappointed after an administrative court granted a Muslim high school student the right to pray in between lessons, daily Berliner Morgenpost reported on Wednesday. READ »

Germany mulls realities of first openly gay foreign minister

Politics: 30 Sep 09
He had his public coming-out five years ago at Angela Merkel’s 50th birthday party and now Guido Westerwelle is in the frame to become Europe’s first openly gay foreign minister. READ »

Merkel warns Germans of challenges ahead

National: 28 Sep 09
Angela Merkel set to work Monday on a new centre-right coalition after clinching a second term, but warned Germans of a hard road ahead to revive the sickly economy and rescue jobs. READ »

Al-Qaida threatens Germany in terror video

National: 19 Sep 09
Al-Qaida warned Germans on Friday to change their government in the September 27 election, saying they will face a "bad awakening" if they do not, according to two intelligence monitoring services. READ »

China warns Germany against taking Uighur Gitmo detainees

National: 15 Sep 09
China has warned the German government against accommodating Chinese Uighur Guantanamo Bay prisoners, saying they should face justice in their own country, according daily Berliner Zeitung on Tuesday. READ »

Life sought for killer of Egyptian 'veil martyr'

National: 25 Aug 09
German prosecutors said on Tuesday they would push for a life sentence against a man charged with the brutal xenophobic murder of a pregnant Egyptian woman, dubbed the "veil martyr." READ »

Anti-German Jihadist videos flood internet

National: 21 Aug 09
With just over a month to go before Germany's general election, daily newspaper Die Welt reported on Friday that an unprecedented number of Islamist videos encouraging holy war against the country have flooded the internet. READ »