In less than two weeks, Therea May’s government has sent two of its senior officials to Morocco. Rabat is, obviously, being part of London’s post-Brexit plan especially as the country is paying close attention to the Sahara conflict. On Saturday, Alistair Burt, British Minister of State for the Middle East, met in Munich with Horst Kohler.
As surprising as it may seem, Arthur Wagner, a politician in the eastern state of Brandenburg, has converted to Islam, reports DW, Germany's public international broadcaster. The far-right anti-Islam Alternative for Germany (AfD) party confirmed on Tuesday Wagners’s conversion. While the local branch of the AfD states on its website that «Islam has nothing to do in Germany», the official refrained from commenting on his conversion, saying he was driven by «personal
Beatrix von Stroch, a German politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Alternative for Germany since July 2015 and Member of the Bundestag since September 2017, had her Twitter and Facebook accounts deactivated on New Year’s Eve, for calling Muslim men violent and barbaric, reports the German TV channel DW news. On New Year’s Eve, the Cologne police posted a message in Arabic on Twitter, wishing every a happy new year. The tweet did not obviously please the German MP who
Germany wants to deport young migrants coming from Morocco. Two centers will be built in the kingdom to house deported minors, reports AFP news agency. The German Interior ministry wants to take care of «street children, and minors returning from Germany», adds the same source, quoting Welt am Sonntag, a German Sunday newspaper. The shelters in Morocco will each host 100 youths. Minors will receive social assistance, counseling and access to educational opportunities,
Nariman Reinke is a woman that we should all look up to. She is a brave Moroccan-German national who has successfully challenged her entourage by joining the army. The 38-year-old soldier is determined to fight against discrimination by helping Muslims to integrate in the European country. Portrait.
Nadia Kailouli is a well-known TV presenter in Germany. However, the German young woman of Moroccan descent has been introduced to the field of media by mere chance. The journalist said she is very attached to Morocco, the country where her parents are from. Portrait.
The Moroccan painter Hayat Saidi was selected to be part of the book «The Best Comtemporary Artists 2017» in Berlin. The signing ceremony of the book and the awarding of the trophy, which brought together artists from all over the world, was organized recently in «Französische Friedrichstadtkirche», and was an opportunity for Hayat Saidi to contact the German partners supposed to organize the 10th edition of the Women's Art World (WAW), to be held in Munich in June
Moroccan NGOs in Germany have been able to facilitate the search for a Moroccan national’s family after he was found dead by German Authorities. Through an announcement issued by the Kingdom’s consulate in Frankfurt and with the help of the Ministry of Moroccans Residing Abroad and Emigration Affairs alongside associations, members of Mimoun Boussaad's family were informed of his death and his body will be buried in Nadour, Morocco.
Moroccan Imams in Hesse, a central German state highlighted the primordial role of Imams in fighting against extremism and in promoting the values of coexistence in the German society. At a recent meeting with MP Gerhard Merz, chairman of the socialist group's integration and social affairs committee in the Parliament of Hesse, Moroccan imams have stressed their rejection of the negative image and stereotype attributed to worshipers and preachers by some media platforms and politicians. The
The integration of Muslims in Western Europe has seen some progress in the last couple of years. The information was backed by a survey conducted by Bertelsmann Stiftung, a Germany-based institute. The study’s results, however, show differences between the countries examined by the 2017 Religion Monitor. Details.