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Violence in Islamic and Western SocietiesMutual Anxiety
Germany's Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations has brought forward an intercultural study on political violence in the West and the Islamic world, past and present. This study, worked on by one German and two Arab scholars. Mona Naggar read the study
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Düzgün TV
Integration via Satellite TV
The topic of integration is ever-present on German television. But Many German Turks are not tuning in to these channels. Many of them receive their television via satellite from Turkey. Now, however, a private television station in North Rhine-Westphalia, wants to change this. By Petra Tabeling
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German Jews in Exile in Turkey
"Haymatloz" in Istanbul and Ankara
When the Nazis took power in 1933, hundreds of thousands of German Jews fled the country. Some of them ended up in Turkey, which was a neutral state and safe haven up until the end of World War II. Ursula Trüper recounts their story and that of the Ruben family
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"Conference on Islam" in Germany
An Experiment in Direct Dialogue
On September 27, Germany's Minister of the Interior invited representatives of Germany's Muslim community to a conference in order to institutionalise relations between the state and Germany's Muslims. This is a long overdue step, says Ülger Polat
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Moses Mendelssohn Prize for Tim Guldimann
Mutual Respect as a Precondition for Dialogue
On 9/11, Tim Guldimann, the Swiss scholar, writer, and former ambassador to Iran, received this year's Moses Mendelssohn Prize for promoting dialogue between the Muslim and the Western worlds. In his article, Kurt Scharf conveys Guldimann's ideas about conflict mediation
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Interview with Maha Azzam
"No Religion Welcomes Ill-Informed Criticism of Its Tenets"
The protests of Muslims against the Pope's statement have widely been criticised as disproportionate. According to Maha Azzam, however, Islam and Muslims are being misrepresented. Lewis Gropp interviewed the London-based Islam expert
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Benedict XVI's Speech on Faith
Science is the Real Target
A deeper reading of Pope Benedict's Regensburg speech suggests a message that Catholics and Muslims can share: that modern science must make room for theology
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Benedict XVI's Statement on Islam and Reason
The Mistakes of the Pope and the Mistakes of the Muslims
Both Pope Benedikt XVI and the Muslims made some mistakes in their recent skirmish. But now it's time to forgive and forget, since Christians and Muslims have much more important challenges ahead, writes media scholar Khaled Hroub
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Islamic Associations in Germany
"We Need an Organized Structure"
In the former capital Bonn, the Muslim community has launched the "Bonn Council of Muslims". It's the first time that all the different Muslim groups in a single city have come together under an umbrella organization able to speak to the local government with a single voice. Wilhelmina Lyffyt reports
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Benedict XVI's Statement on Violence and Islam
Pope's Apology Fails to Stem Anger of Muslim Hardliners
Pope Benedict XVI's personal apology for hurting the feelings of Muslims with a controversial speech failed to stem the anger of hardliners despite calls for calm from Islamic and Western leaders. Mathis Winkler reports
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Study on the Hijab
Weak Affiliation to the Host Country
For the most part mainstream society interprets the headscarf as a religious or political symbol. But, in reality, very little is known about the motives of the women who wear headscarves. For this reason the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation conducted a survey. Sabine Ripperger reports
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Benedict XVI's Statement on Violence and Islam
Pope Makes Personal Apology to Muslims
Pope Benedict XVI said he was "deeply sorry" Sunday for outrage triggered across the Muslim world by remarks he made about Islam and stressed they had not reflected his personal opinion. Meanwhile, however, global protests against the Pope's comments continue
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