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The left-wing/right-wing alliance of Assad apologists
Disenchantment with the West?
Why do left- and right-wingers in Germany defend Assad′s tyranny? Gunther Orth has some answers
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Germany’s identity crisis
We are the people, too
Within two years, the rise of the AfD has caused a backlash in German discourse that Angela Merkel, fearing the loss of conservative voters to the right, has proved incapable of quelling. As the new German parliament reconvenes, it remains to be seen whose votes are worth more, writes Jagoda Marinic
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Right-wing populism in Europe and the USA
Those who cry wolf
In our populist age, right-wing ideologues manage to move in high circles, muting their overt racism and disguising their bigotry beneath a lot of smart patter. But they also benefit from the lofty disdain of the liberal elites, which validates their narrative of victimisation. Commentary by Ian Buruma
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Religious freedom in Germany
Constitutionally irrelevant
Does Islam have to be compatible with the German constitution, as the AfD is demanding? The question is pointless: the constitution requires nothing of the sort – from either Muslims or Christians. By Dieter Grimm
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Book review: Ronen Steinke′s ″Der Muslim und die Judin″
Mohammed Helmy, ′Righteous among the Nations′
In "Der Muslim und die Judin" (The Muslim and the Jew), Ronen Steinke tracks down the story of the Egyptian doctor Mohammed Helmy, who saved the Jewish woman Anna Boros from deportation. The author recounts a daring rescue in the midst of Nazi Germany and examines the often ambivalent relations between Jews and Muslims. Ozan Zakariya Keskinkilic read the book
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Interview with Israeli historian Moshe Zimmermann
AfD's success comparable with the rise of the Nazis
Jews must speak out about the German general election result, says Moshe Zimmermann. The Israeli government, on the other hand, prefers to look the other way. In interview with Sarah Judith Hofmann, the German-Israeli historian explains why
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Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in Europe
Targeting the Muslim population: Presumed guilty
Ascribing a presumption of guilt to all Muslims on the issue of anti-Jewish sentiment is nothing more than a strategy successfully deployed by right wing groups in their anti-migrant campaigns, argues Ingrid Thurner
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Germany′s election result
Facing down the AfD: We shall not be moved!
There can be no alternative to a pluralist society – whether the AfD accepts it or not! Now is the time to stand up for democracy and resist the right-wingers and racists. Commentary by Canan Topcu
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Immigrants in Germany
Electioneering in the Federal Republic: Courting the immigrant vote
"What′s the Turk doing up there?" a caller to the Green party complained when he saw Cem Ozdemir in the Bundestag in 1994. Today 37 MPs and one in ten voters have a migrant background. Could they swing the election? By Andrea Grunau
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Europe and the USA
When anti-Semitism and Islamophobia join hands: The racist vortex
The campaign against George Soros is fuelling a dangerous symbiosis between anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, argues political scientist Farid Hafez
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Germany
Headscarf debate: How Islamophobic is feminism?
Feminists who want to ban headscarves for girls are betraying the cause – and playing into the hands of the right-wing populists. An essay by Meredith Haaf
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The nature of Islam
Neither violence nor peace
The holy scriptures contain passages that can be used to justify both violence and peace. It depends entirely on us religious people what we do with this heritage, writes Armin Langer