Berlin Bans Controversial Arab-Islamic Congress
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Henrike Morgenstern, a spokeswoman for the Berlin interior ministry, said an advertisement for the event published in English on the Internet expressed approval for suicide attacks against Israel and the United ...
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"After the bitter experiences of the last century, we do not tolerate any kind of extremism, racism and anti-Semitism _ nowhere in the world and especially not in Germany."  Germany's parliament on Friday acknowledged the country's special responsibility in the battle against anti-Semitism and racism. via News Max
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Members of Germany's opposition Green party instructed their leaders at a party congress over the weekend to withdraw their support for the German military engagement in Afghanistan.While the decision cannot actually affect Germany's current foreign policy -- since Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government does not need opposition votes for a renewal of the troop's mandate next month -- it is indicative of the deep split which has developed within the Greens.
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Authorities here announced a nationwide ban on all political and religious meetings except Friday prayers after a car bombing early Thursday in the central city of Multan killed 40 people and wounded at least 100.
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A Berlin opera house condemned for   canceling performances of a Mozart work because of concern it   might provoke violence by Muslims said on Thursday it might   consider staging the production if it had security assurances.
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BERLIN By publicly questioning whether the big differences in living standards and unemployment in his country could ever be bridged, President Horst KÃ¶hler of Germany broke a taboo few prominent personalities in the political establishment would dare do
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BERLIN: Police raided the offices of a German-based group suspected of having links with the radical Palestinian Hamas organisation and two others connected with it hours after a court upheld a ban on the ...
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LONDON, Sep 18 (IPS) - The Tunisian government is under fire for its last  minute ban of an international NGO conference to have been held  in Tunis Sep. 8-9.
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A German high court Friday upheld a government ban on an Islamic charity organization which was said to have collected money for the radical Palestinian movement Hamas.
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Performances of a Mozart opera canceled because of fears of Muslim anger could be reinstated as early as December if authorities guarantee security, Berlin's Deutsche Oper said Wednesday.
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A hearing of a German parliamentary inquiry probing the case of a former Guantanamo inmate was canceled because Berlin refused to release key documents.Comment
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Afghanistan has banned the film "The Kite Runner" because a scene involving the sexual assault of a young boy plays on ethnic differences, the culture ministry said Wednesday.
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German politicians condemned on Tuesday  a decision by a Berlin opera house to cancel performances of  Mozart's "Idomeneo" over concerns they could enrage Muslims and  pose a security risk.
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The Egyptian government has banned the Muslim Brotherhood's largest annual social gathering for the first time in 20 years, part of a concerted crackdown against the country's opposition, the group's leadership said Sunday.
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BERLIN, Sep 28 (IPS) - German politicians met Muslim leaders this week for  an unprecedented Islam Conference -- a debate that the government  hopes will pave the way for smoother integration of the  country's Muslims, even though community representatives  warn that more needs to be done.
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German police raid more than 30 sites believed to be connected to a banned Islamic organisation.
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Zimbabwe's parliament passes a controversial bill banning international rights groups from working in the country.