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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 586

German Muslims

A 'Happy Ramadan' sign is illuminated on the occasion of the beginning of the month of Ramadan in a pedestrian zone in Frankfurt, Germany, March 10, 2024. (AP Photo/ Michael Probst)
June 24, 2024, 7:33 pm
Anti-Muslim attacks in Germany double, but not being dealt with, NGO says
Similarly to antisemitic incidents, anti-Muslim sentiment in the country has spiked in the wake of October 7
By Sarah Marsh
German police and rescue workers walk with a detained man, on November 6, 2021, in Seubersdorf, southern Germany, after several people were wounded in a knife attack on a high-speed train. (Fabian Schreiner/dpa/AFP)
November 17, 2021, 1:22 pm
German prosecutors say Islamist motive possible in train knife attack
27-year-old suspect who wounded four people earlier this month had Islamic State propaganda videos on his phone, allege prosecutors in the case
By AFP
Advertisement for Iftarlade kosher and halal chocolate. (Courtesy Nadia Doukali)
May 21, 2020, 4:53 pm
Muslim German sets new bar for interfaith relations with kosher-halal chocolate
Born in Morocco and based in Germany, Nadia Doukali makes a sweet statement by proudly certifying her Iftarlade confection for Jews and Muslims in Hebrew, Arabic, and German
By Igal Avidan
People attend a far-right demonstration in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, September 7, 2018 (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
August 22, 2019, 8:57 pm
Syrian sentenced for deadly German knifing that sparked far-right protests
Alaa Sheikhi, 24, whose murder of Daniel Hillig on August 26, 2018, led to extremist rallies against Muslim immigration, gets 9.5 years in prison
By Andrea HENTSCHEL and Frank Zeller
A participant in the 'wear a kippah' protest in Berlin holds up a sign, April 25, 2018. The solidarity event was held in response to a Syrian-Palestinian’s assault of a man wearing a kippah. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
May 9, 2019, 2:32 am
Germany issues an ‘early warning’ report about rise of Islamist anti-Semitism
Top intelligence agency describes analysis as leap forward, amid concern of rising expressions of hate in the country
By Toby Axelrod
Police officer stand in front of a mosque in Berlin on Dec. 18, 2018, which is searched as part of an investigation into its imam on suspicion he raised money to support an Islamic fighter in Syria (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)
December 18, 2018, 1:01 pm
German police raid mosque in Berlin in terrorism probe
Authorities say preacher under investigation for raising funds to support a jihadist fighter in Syria
By AP
Police secure the area outside the New Twelve Apostle Churchyard where the funeral multiple offender Nidal Rabih takes place in Berlin, on September 13, 2018. (Paul Zinken / dpa / AFP)
December 18, 2018, 9:32 am
Notorious Berlin crime families target refugees for new recruits
German police say capital’s clans, of Lebanese origin, are drafting young male asylum seekers to sell drugs and carry out robberies
By Yannick Pasquet and Frank Zeller
Vera Kosova smiles after she was elected chairwoman of a new Jewish grouping within Germany's far-right AfD party during the group's founding event on October 7, 2018, in Wiesbaden, western Germany. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Frank Rumpenhorst)
October 7, 2018, 7:13 pm
Germany’s far-right AfD officially launches Jewish wing, drawing outcry
Activist Vera Kosova announced as head of new grouping, currently numbering 19; Israeli envoy reiterates opposition to ‘problematic’ party
By AFP and Raphael Ahren
Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s demonstrators holding placards and German flags gather at the main station in Berlin to attend the "demonstration for the future of Germany" called by the far-right AfD in Berlin on May 27, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSEN)
September 26, 2018, 3:39 pm
Student group condemns far-right German party’s Jewish section plan
Jewish Students Union says AfD ‘isn’t getting a kosher certificate from us,’ as anti-migrant party gains momentum among some of country’s Jews
By AP
Supporters of German AfD wave flags in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, May 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
September 25, 2018, 5:47 pm
Jewish backers establish group supporting Germany’s far-right AfD Party
Planned Jewish club advocating anti-migrant party, now country’s second-strongest, draws concern from Jewish umbrella group
By Toby Axelrod
Riot police cross the street as a city festival is cancelled on August 26, 2018 in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, after a 35-year-old German national dies in hospital following a 'dispute between several people of different nationalities,' according to the police. (AFP Photo/dpa/Andreas Seidel)
August 29, 2018, 9:04 pm
Saxony police under fire after German far-right mob violence
Officers said to leak secret information to extremist groups, helping spark ‘pogrom-like’ protest in Chemnitz where extremists hunted down immigrants in the streets
By Frank Zeller
Illustrative: A classroom in a primary school in Germany. (Wikipedia/Martin Kraft/CC BY)
March 27, 2018, 1:23 pm
Germany’s Jewish community fears anti-Semitic bullying in schools
After reports of abusive behavior toward young Jewish girl in Berlin, group urges keeping track of religious bullying on the playground
By AFP
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer sits in Bavaria's State parliament in Munich, where his successor as Bavarian State premier is to be elected on March 16, 2018. (AFP Photo/Christof Stache)
March 17, 2018, 12:00 am
New minister raises ire by saying Islam ‘not part of Germany’
Horst Seehofer’s remark draws rebuke from left-wing coalition partners and Muslim groups, praise from far-right
By Deborah Cole
Illustrative: German leaders of the parliamentary group of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) far-right party Alexander Gauland (bottom-R) and Alice Weidel (bottom-L) and MPs vote to adopt functioning rules during the first session of the newly elected parliament on October 24, 2017 at the Bundestag in Berlin. (AFP/Odd Andersen)
January 10, 2018, 3:24 pm
German AfD hardens radical, anti-Muslim course
Far-right party members post Nazi-era propaganda, slam ‘gang-raping’ Muslims and ‘marauding, groping migrant mobs’ after months of post-election calm
By Frank Zeller
Berlin skyline (CC BY-SA A.Savin/Wikimedia Commons/File)
December 22, 2017, 10:27 pm
German-Arab students praise Hitler to Jewish classmate
Berlin school principal says he will not tolerate hate speech after student who spoke against Palestinian state suffers anti-Semitic taunts
By JTA
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