A Moroccan national was sentenced to two years in prison by a German court on charges of membership of a terrorist group and plotting violent acts, says Asharq Awsat. The 29-year-old defendant told the court that he fled German law enforcement using 23 fake IDs from Morocco, Syria, Iraq and Algeria. On the other hand, he denied having been planning violent attacks. Identified as Abdulrahman D., the Moroccan man said he used fake IDs to receive social aid from several German cities.
Germany’s coalition parties have reached an agreement on migration, coalition sources told Reuters on Thursday. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the International Democrat Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU), have agreed to speed procedures when «returning migrants who have already sought asylum in other European Union countries», speeding the radds the same source. This measure will be adopted only if Germany has bilateral agreements with
Born in Ouarzazat, Siham Ouchtou currently lives in Bonn, where she works as a newscaster and a journalist. Passionate about her job, she has been able to build herself a career in Germany.
French-born Moroccan professional footballer Amine Harit, who also plays for FC Schalke 04 and the Morocco national team, has been named Bundesliga’s Rookie for the 2017/18 season, reports the BBC. The 20-year-old midfielder moved from the French club Nantes last year to Schalke where he helped his team to be part of the Champions League. With his German club, Harit scored three goals and registered seven assists in 31 Bundesliga, says the same source. Hervé Renard
Many Saudis have taken their anger to social media after a local German brewery printed Saudi Arabia's flag on its beer bottles, reports Deutshe Welle. The Eichbaum brewery, located in Mannheim (Southern Germany), did not know that the inclusion of Saudi Arabia's flag on its beer bottle caps would generate a wave of criticism on Facebook and Twitter. Many Muslim internet users found it inappropriate and insulting to print the Islamic statement of faith (which is featured on the Saudi flag) on
A van drove into the crowd Saturday, 7th of April, in the city of Münsten (Germany) killing three people and injuring many others. According to several German sources, the driver is a 49-year-old man who is psychologically disturbed. «The assailant has tried before to commit suicide», according to ZDF TV channel while Süddeutsche Zeitung, a German daily newspaper said that the authorities have not found elements proving that it was a terror attack, reports Midi
A truck drove into the crowd on Saturday afternoon in Münster, a city in western Germany, reports Le Monde. Germany's Interior Minister said three people were killed in the Münster vehicle-ramming attack and about 30 others were wounded, six of them are severely injured. The driver killed himself with a gun after the attack. The police do not exclude that this might a terror-related attack but call to avoid “any kind of speculation”. People were advised to stay away from
The German police revealed that they were searching for five people accused of «attempted murder,» after an arson that has broken out in a mosque, Friday, in southern Germany.According to a statement issued by the Stuttgart prosecutor's office and the Heilbronn police, a mosque in Leuven (northern Stuttgart) was put on fire.The statement pointed out that «unknown persons threw several Molotov bombs through the window of the mosque while the Imam was sleeping inside.»The
At least 950 assaults were committed against Muslims and Islamic institutions last year in Germany, according to data provided by the Interior Minister and published Saturday by the regional daily newspaper Osnabruecker Zeitung, reports Le Soir. In addition to that, at least 33 people were injured in these attacks. Almost all of them have been perpetrated by far-right sympathizers. The Ministry reports also incitement to hatred, threatening letters, attacks against veiled women, and Nazi
Destined for Moroccans, Senegalese and Tunisians living in Europe, DiafrikInvest is a project that assist these nationals do business in their countries of origin with the help of the European Union. An appeal has been launched to support these future entrepreneurs in all their projects. In order to enlighten the diaspora about the opportunities offered by DiafrikInvest, the business climate and the other information about how to start a business, several meetings will be held on the 2nd of