Crime

How recent Syrian communal violence is impacting Germany Fighting between different community groups inside Syria is also causing tensions among Syrians living in Germany. After a brawl on the streets in Dusseldorf, some fear more unrest here.

(Deutsche Welle) Nobody ever used to ask Hassan which sect he belonged to. The 32-year-old Syrian has been in Germany since 2015, having fled after taking part in his country’s civil war on the side of anti-government forces. But now they do. […]

Academics & Education

Germany advances taxpayer-funded Islamic curriculum despite warnings What we are witnessing is not a spontaneous process of growing religious pluralism, but a well-structured plan by organisations with a clear ideological agenda.

(European Conservative) The recent call by the German Association for Education and Training (VBE) to establish comprehensive Islamic religious education in schools across the country has reignited the debate on institutionalised Islamisation in Europe. Gerhard Brand, the VBE’s federal president, urged political […]

Government & Politics

Zohran Mamdani’s pro-Palestinian positions drove 83% of his new voters in the NY primary, poll shows The poll was commissioned by IMEU Policy Project, a pro-Palestinian advocacy nonprofit.

(JTA) Zohran Mamdani’s advocacy for Palestinians was a motivating factor for most of the New Yorkers who voted for him in the mayoral primary, new polling from a progressive research group suggests. Most voters who showed up for Mamdani were inspired by […]

Academics & Education

All meals in yet another German school will be ‘halal’ Some Gelsenkirchen students, regardless of faith, will now be served the food that the Muslim community demands.

(European Conservative) After a daycare center in Lower Saxony recently raised the hackles of parents by only serving sausages from halal-slaughtered animals, now a school in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhein-Westphalia, is also bowing to the demands of the Muslim population when it comes […]