Crime

Islam belongs to German[y]: president 'Islam, the Muslim religion, Muslim life, Muslim culture have taken root in our country,' Frank-Walte[r] Steinmeier says

(Anadolu) German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday that Islam belongs to Germany amid growing racism and Islamophobia fueled by propaganda of far-right groups and parties that have exploited the refugee crisis and attempted to stoke fear of immigrants. “Islam, the Muslim religion, […]

Crime

Islamophobia poses ‘real danger’: German official Germany's Muslim community 'not feeling safe enough' amid growing far-right hate crimes, says integration minister

(Anadolu) Germany’s integration minister on Tuesday expressed concern over Islamophobia, warning that it poses a “real danger” to social cohesion. Presenting the annual government report on the state of integration in the capital Berlin, Annette Widmann-Mauz said: “Right-wing extremism, anti-Semitism, and hostility […]

Government & Politics

Germany probing 116 Daesh/ISIS repatriates 95 alleged German Daesh/ISIS backers in jail in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, say authorities

(Anadolu) German authorities are currently investigating 116 returnees to Germany from areas previously controlled by the Daesh/ISIS terror group, according to local reports. The return of suspected Daesh supporters to Germany has been pre-occupying German security officials for weeks as Turkey recently […]