https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Support is growing in Germany for a "mosque tax" to make Islamic institutions less dependent on potentially anti-democratic or "radical" foreign funding sources, a media report said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190512/germany-mulls-mosque-tax-to-cut-out-foreign-funding Sun, 12 May 2019 16:26:25 +0200 germany-mulls-mosque-tax-to-cut-out-foreign-funding Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to open one of Europe's largest mosques in Cologne on Saturday as he wraps up a controversial visit to Germany, with police deploying in force amid planned protests. https://www.thelocal.de/20180929/cologne-braces-for-protests-as-erdogan-opens-mega-mosque Sat, 29 Sep 2018 15:26:12 +0200 cologne-braces-for-protests-as-erdogan-opens-mega-mosque A German man who used a homemade bomb to attack a mosque in the eastern city of Dresden was Friday sentenced to nearly 10 years in jail for what prosecutors called a xenophobic crime. https://www.thelocal.de/20180831/germany-jails-man-for-dresden-mosque-bomb-attack Fri, 31 Aug 2018 18:33:44 +0200 germany-jails-man-for-dresden-mosque-bomb-attack The feminist founder of a new, "liberal" mosque in Berlin is now under police protection "around the clock" after receiving numerous threats, which she blames on Turkey. https://www.thelocal.de/20170705/founder-of-liberal-mosque-under-247-police-guard-after-death-threats-turkey-berlin Wed, 05 Jul 2017 13:14:57 +0200 founder-of-liberal-mosque-under-247-police-guard-after-death-threats-turkey-berlin Turkey's religious affairs agency has expressed distaste over a new mosque in Berlin where men and women mingle freely, saying it was incompatible with the principles of Islam. https://www.thelocal.de/20170622/turkey-says-liberal-german-mosque-incompatible-with-islam Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:19:09 +0200 turkey-says-liberal-german-mosque-incompatible-with-islam With a mission to spread a liberal form of Islam, a mosque where men and women pray side by side has opened its doors in Berlin, complete with female imams. https://www.thelocal.de/20170617/taboo-breaking-liberal-mosque-opens-in-berlin Sat, 17 Jun 2017 10:40:27 +0200 taboo-breaking-liberal-mosque-opens-in-berlin The country's very first "liberal" mosque is set to open its doors on Friday in the capital - and inside a Protestant church. https://www.thelocal.de/20170616/a-mosque-with-no-burqas-germanys-first-liberal-mosque-to-open-in-berlin Fri, 16 Jun 2017 10:30:26 +0200 a-mosque-with-no-burqas-germanys-first-liberal-mosque-to-open-in-berlin Police are investigating after someone placed body parts of dead pigs on wooden stakes at the construction site of a planned mosque in Erfurt. https://www.thelocal.de/20170530/planned-erfurt-mosque-targeted-with-dead-pigs-on-wooden-stakes Tue, 30 May 2017 14:14:45 +0200 planned-erfurt-mosque-targeted-with-dead-pigs-on-wooden-stakes A Berlin mosque attended by the young Tunisian who attacked a Christmas market in December has shut its doors and been banned, as police on Tuesday launched a major raid against the capital's Islamist scene. https://www.thelocal.de/20170228/berlin-bans-mosque-of-christmas-market-attacker-amid-460-officer-police-raid Tue, 28 Feb 2017 11:29:24 +0100 berlin-bans-mosque-of-christmas-market-attacker-amid-460-officer-police-raid As Dresden prepares to host Germany’s national Unity Day celebrations on Monday, the capital of the eastern state of Saxony is upping security after a mosque was targeted by a homemade bomb. https://www.thelocal.de/20160930/dresden-ups-security-for-german-unity-day-amid-far-right-attacks Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:40:27 +0200 dresden-ups-security-for-german-unity-day-amid-far-right-attacks All Islamic buildings in the capital of Saxony have been put under police protection on Tuesday after explosive devices were detonated at a mosque and a congress centre in the city. https://www.thelocal.de/20160927/bombs-hit-mosque-congress-centre-in-germany-dresden-attack-bomb Tue, 27 Sep 2016 12:06:34 +0200 bombs-hit-mosque-congress-centre-in-germany-dresden-attack-bomb Police in Lower Saxony on Wednesday carried out a raid on a mosque run by the German-speaking Islamic circle of Hildesheim (DIK), as well on the homes of eight of the organization's board members. https://www.thelocal.de/20160728/police-raid-hotbed-of-radicalization-in-germany Thu, 28 Jul 2016 16:36:27 +0200 police-raid-hotbed-of-radicalization-in-germany Outside of Berlin there are only two mosques in the whole of the former East Germany. The populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) are trying to scupper plans for a new one in Erfurt, state capital of Thuringia. https://www.thelocal.de/20160518/church-fights-afd-over-plans-to-block-mosque-build Wed, 18 May 2016 14:23:39 +0200 church-fights-afd-over-plans-to-block-mosque-build A leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's sister party is pushing for a so-called "Islam law" that would make German the official language of mosques and impose harsh consequences for Muslims who don't integrate. https://www.thelocal.de/20160413/conservative-leader-calls-for-islam-law-to-boost-integration Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:36:10 +0200 conservative-leader-calls-for-islam-law-to-boost-integration A draft manifesto by a Bavarian branch of the hard-right AfD party calls for all mosques to be shuttered, German media reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160330/bavarian-afd-party-calls-for-shutting-down-mosques Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:08:03 +0200 bavarian-afd-party-calls-for-shutting-down-mosques Archaeologists have excavated the remains of Germany's oldest mosque on the outskirts of Berlin, a team from the capital city's Free University (FU) announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150901/germany-first-ever-mosque-excavated-outside-berlin Tue, 01 Sep 2015 20:00:52 +0200 germany-first-ever-mosque-excavated-outside-berlin Authorities in Wuppertal are cracking down on conservative young Islamists who have mounted 'police' patrols by drinking and gambling venues in the Ruhr city, officials said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140905/ruhr-police-throw-book-at-shariah-vigilantes Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:18:00 +0200 ruhr-police-throw-book-at-shariah-vigilantes UPDATE: Berlin police said on Tuesday afternoon they had ruled out arson as the cause of a fire in a mosque in Berlin's Kreuzberg district. Authorities had earlier suspected "political motives." https://www.thelocal.de/20140812/suspect-fire-breaks-out-in-berlin-mosque Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:00:00 +0200 suspect-fire-breaks-out-in-berlin-mosque A Turkish woman set fire to a man in a mosque in southern Germany on Saturday. She says she acted out of revenge after the man raped her. https://www.thelocal.de/20110529/35331 Sun, 29 May 2011 16:36:00 +0200 35331 Police in Berlin are investigating an arson attack on a mosque in the capital city after a man walking past saw flames at the entrance in the early hours of Saturday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20110108/32297 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 14:37:00 +0100 32297