German farmers started a week of nationwide protests early on Monday in response to plans to phase out agricultural subsidies as the coalition government scrambles to fix its finances. Images showed convoys of tractors and trucks, some adorned with protest banners, on German roads in sub-zero pre-dawn temperatures. Police reports …
Read More »German Police Clash with Anti-Coal Activists in Lutzerath
German police on Saturday clashed with anti-coal activists at a protest camp in the abandoned Western village of Lutzerath as demonstrators tried to prevent it from being mined for coal, according to private broadcaster n-tv. Baton-wielding police used pepper spray and water guns to disperse the mainly masked protesters, who …
Read More »Iranians Rally to Protest German Role in Riots
Ordinary Iranians and war veterans gathered in front of the German embassy here Tuesday in protest at the government of Germany’s role in the recent riots in Iran. The protestors carried placards and chanted slogans against the German government for its dark record in supporting former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein …
Read More »Germany’s Interior Minister: Islam has been part of German culture
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said that Islam has been part of German culture. Speaking in an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung on Wednesday (19 Jan 2022) a “good integration country”, added the minister. The new federal government wants to make labor migration and naturalization easier, she said, adding that legal …
Read More »Turkey deplores Muslim cemetery attack in Germany
Ankara expressed “sadness” over an attack at a Muslim cemetery in the north-western German city of Iserlohn in which 30 headstones were damaged. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said the attack on New Year’s Eve is “a new indicator of sick Islamophobic mentality which has been rising especially in Europe and even …
Read More »Floods ‘Catastrophe’ Hits Western Europe
At Least 120 Killed, Hundreds Missing After
Read More »German court rules Muslim who refused to shake woman’s hand should not receive citizenship
A German court ruled on Friday that a Muslim man who refused to shake the hand of a woman should not receive German citizenship.
Read More »Germany’s Muslims demand protection at Mosques
– Police in Germany last week said it uncovered right-wing terrorists who were plotting to attack Muslims and asylum-seekers. Islamic groups are calling on the government to do more to protect them. Muslim groups in Germany have called on the government to do more to protect Mosques, after a dozen members …
Read More »Nigerian daily names Erdogan Muslim Personality of 2019
Publisher of Muslim News Nigeria, Rasheed Abubakar, said the choice of Erdogan was “undisputable” for the influence and power he wields within the Muslim world and in the international community. Nigerian Islamic newspaper rated Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan “Global Muslim Personality of 2019,” praising him Friday for standing up for …
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