Germany
Monday January 23, 2012
Anti-Semitism • Germany • Hate Groups • RNB's Religion News Blog:
Anti-Jewish feeling is “significantly” entrenched in German society, according to a report by experts appointed by Germany’s parliament. They say the internet has played a key role in spreading Holocaust denial, far-right and extreme Islamist views.
Monday October 31, 2011
Germany • Hate Groups • Islam • RNB's Religion News Blog:
The German government’s attempts to unite different religious groups seem to be turning sour. Introducing lessons on Islam in schools was meant to help integrate the country’s three million Muslims.But the policy is having some undesired effects.
Monday August 9, 2010
Germany • Hate Groups • Islam • RNB's Religion News Blog: A Hamburg mosque once frequented by some of the Sept. 11 attackers was shut down Monday because German authorities believe the prayer house was again being used as a meeting point for Islamic radicals.
The Taiba mosque was closed and the cultural association that runs it was banned, Hamburg officials said in a statement.
”We have closed the mosque because it was a recruiting and meeting point for Islamic radicals who wanted to participate in so-called jihad or holy war,” said Frank Reschreiter, a spokesman for Hamburg’s state interior ministry.
The Taiba mosque was closed and the cultural association that runs it was banned, Hamburg officials said in a statement.
”We have closed the mosque because it was a recruiting and meeting point for Islamic radicals who wanted to participate in so-called jihad or holy war,” said Frank Reschreiter, a spokesman for Hamburg’s state interior ministry.
Wednesday October 25, 2006
Germany: A 10-minute home movie made by Nazi officers during World War II has been found in a church in rural Devon.
Monday October 2, 2006
Germany: The German government said on Monday a law penalizing people for displaying Nazi symbols might need to be changed after a court fined a man for selling anti-Nazi T-shirts and badges bearing swastikas.
Monday May 15, 2006
Germany: AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - It was a tantalizing sight for a Dutch researcher into the Holocaust: Tucked away among millions of files stood a cabinet with the records of Amsterdam's wartime Jewish Council, the channel used by Nazi occupiers to convey anti-Semitic edicts in Holland.
Monday April 4, 2005
Germany: A man wielding a sword has killed a woman and injured at least three other people during a service at a church in southern Germany.
Friday January 16, 2004
Germany: MUNICH. The Bavarian state police say they have thwarted a planned contract murder of a local politician in Austria by three German members of a sect operating out of a yoga school near Salzburg.
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