SPIEGEL ONLINE - 20.06.2012
For years, Islamic mediators have been stepping in to solve family disputes and marital problems among Muslims in Germany. A new book takes a closer look at how their reliance on elements of Sharia law, instead of German law, affects Muslim women. By Joachim Wagner more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 08.06.2012
German politicians have lately shown a penchant for weighing in on whether Islam belongs to Germany. A clear understanding of history, however, is often missing from the debate. A Commentary by Bernhard Zand more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 31.05.2012
For years, the focus of the integration debate in Germany has been on the assimilation of the Turkish migrant population into German society. But now some Germans are beginning to consider it their responsibility to integrate with their Turkish neighbors -- and are going to language schools to learn Turkish. By Kate Katharina Ferguson in Berlin more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 24.05.2012
A German court last week convicted and sentenced five siblings in the kidnapping and murder of their younger sister Arzu. Prosecutors, however, are still not satisfied. They believe that the family's father ordered the honor killing and are hoping to find enough evidence to put him behind bars. By Antje Windmann more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 30.04.2012
A far-right group in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is running a 'Muslim cartoon contest' and plans to display the works outside mosques. The move has alarmed authorities which fear it could incite violence and hurt German interests abroad, similar to the backlash that followed the 2005 publication of cartoons in Danish newspapers. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 18.04.2012
Job seekers in Germany still list their birthday, gender and family status, even attaching a picture to their applications. But newly released results of a project to make German job applications anonymous show that with personal information left out, women and minorities are more likely to get a job interview. By Renuka Rayasam more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 02.03.2012
An enormous study released on Thursday on Muslims in Germany has once again triggered a widespread debate on integration. This time, however, Muslims themselves aren't the focus of debate but, rather, the Interior Ministry's handling of the report. German commentators say the minister is on his way to losing the trust of the country's Muslim population. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 02.03.2012
An estimated 4 million Muslims live in Germany, but what does Muslim life really look like in the country? Eighty-four German photographers recently set out in search of answers -- and came up with some surprising results. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 01.03.2012
A new integration study released on Thursday has triggered yet another debate about the role of Islam in Germany. The report found that a surprising number of non-German Muslims are skeptical about integrating into society. But the country's own doubts about immigration may have muddied the data. By Charles Hawley more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 23.02.2012
Semiya Simsek was 14 years old when members of a neo-Nazi terror cell executed her father at his flower stand in broad daylight. Her speech at Thursday's national commemoration ceremony in Berlin is the only one by a relative of the cell's victims. It is also her last public appearance in Germany -- she is emigrating to Turkey later this year. By Julia Jüttner more... [ Video | Forum ]
