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 German authorities are working with religious communities to help raise awareness of coronavirus and regular testing. Here's how it's working among Muslims in Berlin during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. https://www.thelocal.de/20210426/how-berlins-muslims-are-fighting-pandemic-with-covid-tests-before-ramadan-prayers Mon, 26 Apr 2021 13:58:04 +0200 how-berlins-muslims-are-fighting-pandemic-with-covid-tests-before-ramadan-prayers The majority of primary school pupils in Germany don’t know what the terms Jew and Roma mean, according to a new study conducted by the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television in Munich. https://www.thelocal.de/20181106/mayority-of-primary-school-students-in-germany-cant-explain-meaning-of-jew-or-gypsy-study Tue, 06 Nov 2018 10:50:07 +0100 mayority-of-primary-school-students-in-germany-cant-explain-meaning-of-jew-or-gypsy-study The new German parliament only met for the first time at the end of October and already the first impasse has been reached. The other parties are refusing to accept the Alternative for Germany (AfD) nominee for Bundestag vice-president. Is this petulance or principle? https://www.thelocal.de/20171101/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-first-feud-of-the-new-bundestag Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:41:01 +0100 what-you-need-to-know-about-the-first-feud-of-the-new-bundestag Germany's foreign and justice ministers warned Tuesday that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was using "propaganda" to divide their country's three-million-strong ethnic Turkish community. https://www.thelocal.de/20170823/we-must-protect-german-muslims-from-erdogans-propaganda Wed, 23 Aug 2017 11:28:06 +0200 we-must-protect-german-muslims-from-erdogans-propaganda The Muslim community has actually had a presence - though small - in Germany for hundreds of years. Here are more facts you might not know about Islam in the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20170512/eight-things-to-know-about-islam-in-germany-muslims-religion Fri, 12 May 2017 17:00:19 +0200 eight-things-to-know-about-islam-in-germany-muslims-religion A case before the Constitutional Court again raises the question of when and where Muslim women are allowed to wear religious clothing. The Local takes a look at the continuously debated topic. https://www.thelocal.de/20170704/when-muslim-women-may-wear-headscarves-in-germany-an-ongoing-debate Tue, 04 Jul 2017 16:29:40 +0200 when-muslim-women-may-wear-headscarves-in-germany-an-ongoing-debate 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 Following recent terror attacks in the United Kingdom as well as outside Europe, thousands of Muslims are set to protest extremism in Cologne on Saturday. But the country's largest Islamic group refuses to take part. https://www.thelocal.de/20170615/10000-muslims-to-march-in-cologne-against-terrorism Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:03:08 +0200 10000-muslims-to-march-in-cologne-against-terrorism Politicians are whipping up fear about Muslim women wearing burqas for their own political advantage, says Aiman Mazyek, head of the Central Council of Muslims. https://www.thelocal.de/20170524/there-are-no-burqas-here-meet-the-head-of-the-german-muslim-council Wed, 24 May 2017 14:33:31 +0200 there-are-no-burqas-here-meet-the-head-of-the-german-muslim-council The co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), Jörg Meuthen, has blamed his fellow co-head Frauke Petry for the breakdown of a clear-the-air meeting with Muslim leaders on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160524/far-right-afd-turns-on-itself-over-collapsed-muslim-meet Tue, 24 May 2016 13:47:39 +0200 far-right-afd-turns-on-itself-over-collapsed-muslim-meet A meeting between far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Muslim leaders ended bitterly on Monday after just an hour of talks. https://www.thelocal.de/20160523/afd-meeting-with-muslim-leaders-hits-brick-wall Mon, 23 May 2016 16:32:43 +0200 afd-meeting-with-muslim-leaders-hits-brick-wall A Muslim woman will sit in the speaker's chair at sessions of the Baden-Württemberg state parliament from now on – a first for any German state. https://www.thelocal.de/20160512/first-muslim-woman-elected-speaker-of-state-parliament Thu, 12 May 2016 10:21:59 +0200 first-muslim-woman-elected-speaker-of-state-parliament A huge majority of Christian refugees have been the subject of some form of harassment during their time in refugees homes, a report by a charity has found. https://www.thelocal.de/20160510/majority-of-christian-refugees-suffer-abuse-in-homes-report Tue, 10 May 2016 18:06:02 +0200 majority-of-christian-refugees-suffer-abuse-in-homes-report Almost two-thirds of non-Muslim Germans don't know any Muslims personally, a new survey has showed, casting light on increasing unease over the religion's place in society. https://www.thelocal.de/20160506/most-germans-dont-have-any-muslim-friends Fri, 06 May 2016 10:51:10 +0200 most-germans-dont-have-any-muslim-friends An empty lot in Leipzig where a local Muslim community plans to build a mosque was the target of an apparent Islamophobic attack on Wednesday, when a passer-by found a dead piglet in a bush. https://www.thelocal.de/20160225/leipzig-mosque-construction-site-targeted-with-dead-pig Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:51:24 +0100 leipzig-mosque-construction-site-targeted-with-dead-pig Jewish groups pushed back against government insistence that anti-Semitism is not growing in Germany at a gathering on Tuesday, saying that newly-arrived Muslim migrants and the traditional far-right both posed a threat to their safety. https://www.thelocal.de/20160120/german-jewish-groups-fear-rising-anti-semitism Wed, 20 Jan 2016 09:38:36 +0100 german-jewish-groups-fear-rising-anti-semitism Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned Thursday that the wave of mostly Muslim refugees coming to Europe threatens to undermine the continent's Christian roots - an idea rejected by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. https://www.thelocal.de/20150904/orban Fri, 04 Sep 2015 10:46:45 +0200 orban A young Muslim woman has been allowed to start a traineeship in the public sector in Berlin after local authorities considered rejecting her because she wore a headscarf. https://www.thelocal.de/20150610/berlin-allows-muslim-woman-to-work-with-headscarf Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:06:24 +0200 berlin-allows-muslim-woman-to-work-with-headscarf Comedian Dieter Nuhr has failed in a court battle to stop a Muslim critic from calling him a “preacher of hate” because of his jokes about Islam. https://www.thelocal.de/20150520/comedian-can-be-called-hate-preacher-court Wed, 20 May 2015 13:40:09 +0200 comedian-can-be-called-hate-preacher-court Around 70 police officers searched the Sahabe Islamic Education and Cultural Centre in Stuttgart on Tuesday, looking for connections to terrorist organisation Isis. https://www.thelocal.de/20150317/islamic-centre-searched-over-isis-link Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:30:48 +0100 islamic-centre-searched-over-isis-link