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BERLIN (Reuters) - A proposal to give religion lessons the same status as ethics classes in Berlin schools was defeated in a referendum on Sunday, having sparked a debate across Germany on tolerance ...
News Germany » Berlin » Religion: Germany and Turkey agree to train imams who serve Germany's Turkish immigrant community in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — About 5.5 million of Germany’s 83.2 million residents are Muslim, and almost 3 million people in the country are Turkish or have Turkish roots. BERLIN (AP) — Germany and Turkey agreed ...
News Germany » Berlin » Religion: Germany Isolated Itself From the Democratic Consensus on Religious Freedom
Across the democratic world, courts and governments reached the conclusion Germany resisted: Scientology is a religion. For nearly three decades, Germany claimed democratic authority for a campaign of ...
News Germany » Berlin » Religion: Auschwitz survivor decries rise of the far right and increased antisemitism in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — A Jewish survivor of the Auschwitz death camp told Germany’s parliament Wednesday that she is appalled by the rising strength of the far right in the country and increasing antisemitism ...