Germany: Anti-Islamization Movement Faces Uncertain Future
The future of the German grassroots anti-Islamization movement known as PEGIDA has been thrown into doubt after a leadership split resulted in key members leaving the group.
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Germany Bracing for Islamic Terror
Federal and state security agencies have been ordered to identify the whereabouts of up to 250 German Islamists.
Germans Rise Up Against Islamization
Thousands of German citizens have been taking to the streets to protest the growing “Islamization” of their country.
Germany: Hooligans Declare War on Islamic Radicals
Thousands of football hooligans from across Germany gathered in Cologne to protest the spread of radical Islam in the country.
Germany: Holy War Erupts in Hamburg
Supporters of the jihadist group Islamic State and ethnic Kurds have engaged in bloody street clashes in Hamburg.
Germany’s “Sharia Police”
Muslim radicals have begun enforcing Islamic Sharia law on the streets of Wuppertal, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, the state with the largest Muslim population in Germany.
Holy War Arrives in Germany
Supporters of the jihadist group “Islamic State” have clashed with Kurdish Yazidis in North Rhine-Westphalia, the state with the largest Muslim population in Germany.
Salafism in Germany: “Something Must Be Done Immediately”
German authorities are concerned that most of those attracted to Salafi ideology are impressionable young Muslims who are susceptible to perpetrating terrorist acts in the name of Islam.
Germany: Islamists Infiltrating Schools in Hamburg
Muslim radicals are imposing Islamic norms and values in primary and secondary public schools in Hamburg, the second-largest city in Germany, say school officials, who are asking for stepped-up monitoring of the Salafist groups thought to be behind the Islamization efforts.
Islam in Europe: January 2014
One month into 2014 and Islam-related controversies continued making headlines in newspapers across Europe. The most salient topic involved the dramatic increase in the numbers of European jihadists participating in the war in Syria.
Germany Aiming to Become More Muslim Friendly
The German government plans to change German immigration laws to make it easier for Muslim immigrants to obtain dual-citizenship and thus to maintain their religious and cultural links to their countries of origin.
The Islamization of Germany in 2013
A chronological review of some of the most important stories about the rise of Islam in Germany during 2013.
