November 12, 2009, 02:51 PM
THE NETHERLANDS' FEARMONGER
Geert Wilders wants to ban the Koran, impose a tax on headscarves and calculate the cost of immigration. The Dutch right-wing populist also plans to run for prime minister in 2011 -- and his party is currently leading in the polls. By Juliane von Mittelstaedt more...
November 12, 2009, 01:14 PM
THE WORLD FROM BERLIN
A Dresden court on Wednesday handed down a life sentence to Alex W. for his brutal murder of an Egyptian woman in July. The verdict has recieved widespread praise, but German commentators say the incident has not left Germany unscarred. more...
November 10, 2009, 03:10 PM
IS ALEX W. SCHIZOPHRENIC?
It seemed inevitable that Alex W., a Russian-German on trial in Dresden for the murder of a pregnant Egyptian woman, would receive the most severe sentence possible. But now a last-minute piece of evidence has cast doubt on whether he can be considered responsible for his acts. By Gisela Friedrichsen in Dresden more...
October 29, 2009, 04:23 PM
MOHAMMED EL FAZAZI'S LETTER
In July 2009, former Moroccan hate preacher Mohammed El Fazazi distanced himself from any form of terrorism aimed at Western targets in a letter to his daughter, who lives in Hamburg. SPIEGEL ONLINE has obtained a translated version of the letter, whose existence only recently became known. more...
October 26, 2009, 06:13 PM
OPEN LETTER HAILED AS SENSATION
Mohammed El Fazazi, a radical cleric serving time in Morocco for his role in the 2003 Casablanca attacks, has written an open letter to Muslims in Germany, saying he has forsworn violence and praising Germany's religious tolerance. German authorities say the letter is a sensation. more...
October 22, 2009, 04:47 PM
PROFITS IN THE NAME OF ALLAH
Germany's Muslims are finally getting a bank offering financial products that comply with Sharia law. It is a market worth billions, and one that many major banks around the world have long discovered. By Christoph Pauly more...
October 14, 2009, 01:33 PM
TAKING A HARD LOOK AT INTEGRATION
Many would argue that the integration of immigrants in Europe has been a failure. Dutch sociologist Paul Scheffer, 55, spoke with SPIEGEL about cultural reciprocity, the need for self-criticism and why tolerance cannot be based on fear. more...
October 14, 2009, 12:56 PM
POLICY OF AVOIDANCE
Bluntness and bitterness have long been elements of integration debates in Germany. But emotion often obscures an important question: Why do many ethnic groups integrate well into German society while others do not? By SPIEGEL Staff more...
October 13, 2009, 01:08 PM
GERMAN-TURKISH AUTHOR SEYRAN ATES
In the run-up to the Frankfurt Book Fair, German-Turkish writer Seyran Ates discusses her new book, which describes the necessity of a sexual revolution in the Islamic world, the recent integration debate in Germany and the arrogance of German women's rights activists. more...
September 03, 2009, 02:42 PM
'THIS CURSED FREEDOM'
In a new memoir Hamed Abdel-Samad, a German-Egyptian, documents a personal odyssey that began in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and ended with a job as an academic for an Institute for Jewish History and Culture in Munich. The scholar knows the Koran by heart and German beers, too. By Henryk M. Broder more...
