29 March 2011

Muslims bitter at German government crackdown demand

Muslim leaders in Germany on Tuesday protested the new interior minister's demand that they should help root out extremists by coming forward with information shared in mosques.

The demand by Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich at the long- scheduled talks chilled five years of efforts to overcome suspicions between Berlin and the Islamic community, who make up 5 per cent of Germany's population. [Monsters and Critics.com] Read more [via Islamophobia Watch]