In Germany, construction of mosque fuels rift between two faiths
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COLOGNE, Germany -- On Muslim holidays, hundreds of faithful hoping to pray at the city's Ditib Mosque are forced to spread their prayer rugs in a nearby parking lot and follow the service on loudspeakers. The mosque holds only 600 people.
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Religious and political leaders say that there is a crisis in Islam because too many fatwas are being issued.
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BERLIN - There is growing alarm in Germany over the torching of mosques, churches and schools in the Netherlands following the brutal killing of Islam-critical film director Theo van Gogh.
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BERLIN -- Anger flared across the Islamic world yesterday over comments by Pope Benedict XVI, with Muslims from London to Jakarta assailing the pontiff for implicitly linking Islam with religious violence in a speech earlier this week.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned  on Wednesday against bowing to fears of Islamic violence after  a Berlin opera house canceled performances of a Mozart work  because of concerns some scenes could enrage Muslims.
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FRANKFURT -- While the British public reacted to the latest terrorist strike there with stoicism and a practiced determination to get on with life, Germany has erupted in a rancorous dispute over how to deal with a terrorist threat that has yet to materialize here.
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Berlin, Sep 15 (IPS) - The ordination of three rabbis in Germany -- the  first such event since the holocaust -- has been lauded by  politicians and Jewish organisations as a step forward in  Germany's long battle to come to terms with its traumatic  history.
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Christian pastor Behnan Konutgan knows a little about religious tolerance in Turkey.
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Protests by Muslims continued today over excavation work near a religious compound in Jerusalemâs Old City, despite efforts by Israeli officials to calm tensions.
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The murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh underscores growing tensions in the Netherlands over Muslim integration.
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A humble church has something Germany's glorious Cologne Cathedral cannot match: a leaning tower.
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Many professionals of the Jewish, Muslim and Hindu faiths regularly have to balance their religion and their jobs.
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Pope Benedict's comments about Islam   could hurt religious harmony, government and religious leaders   in the world's most populous Muslim countries, Indonesia and   Pakistan, said on Friday.
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Pope Benedict XVI's challenge to secularism has been met with receptivity during his German visit.
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Pope Benedict may have prayed with a mufti in Istanbul's Blue Mosque, but that doesn't mean that Catholic children in his native Germany can follow his example when they gather for pre-Christmas festivities at their schools.
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Most people believe divisions between the West and the Muslim world are worsening, a poll suggests.
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BERLIN, Sept. 26 -- German lawmakers and cultural leaders assailed a Berlin opera house Tuesday for canceling a production that included a scene of the severed head of the prophet  Muhammad, saying it was caving in to fears about religious extremism.