A major study of attitudes towards religion says Germans approve of openness towards other religions. But many are still suspicious of Islam.

Former German President Christian Wulff earned much praise but also much criticism when said in a speech during his tenure, “Islam is also a part of Germany.”

The criticism can be partly explained by the “Religion Monitor,” a survey put together for the Bertelsmann Foundation. The findings have been published, and among them is the fact that half of all [...]

A bag with explosive devices found at the Bonn central train station on Monday could have produced a “large fireball,” police now say. They are searching for two men in connection with the case. Security officials warned on Wednesday that Christmas markets could be at risk.

German police are searching for two men in connection with an explosive device found in a bag at Bonn’s central train station Monday. Police now say the device could have caused a large explosion if it had [...]

Hamburg has become the first German state to strike an historic agreement with Muslim community groups, but the deal has riled some members of the political establishment, who claim it undermines the separation of religion and state.

The agreement was struck between Hamburg city authorities and the council of Islamic communities (Schura), the Turkish-Islamic Union (Ditib), the association of Islamic cultural centres (VIKZ), as well as the city’s Alevi community. Hamburg Mayor Olaf Scholz was set to sign it on Tuesday, [...]

While the family and friends of a young man who was beaten to death in Berlin have pleaded with the top suspect, who fled to Turkey, to return to Germany, officials say getting him back will not be easy, Die Welt reported on Sunday.

Criminal law experts said that their experiences trying to get other suspects returned to Germany from Turkey and other countries shows that German authorities are often unable to prosecute crimes committed at home when the suspect goes [...]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a young man was beaten to death by a gang in the centre of Berlin early on Sunday morning, in what appears to have been a completely unprovoked attack.

The capital?s interior minister Frank Henkel said he was deeply shocked, and called for an honest debate about violence in Germany. ?We cannot close our eyes to this problem and silently look on as brutalisation and coldness spread through our centre, and reduce inhibitions,? he said.

Although [...]

A German federal court backed banning a Muslim pupil from praying according to Islamic rites at a Berlin public school, ruling it could jeopardise its smooth operation.

However, the Leipzig-based federal administrative court found that the right to pray even at school was guaranteed by religious freedom under the constitution.

In the case of the 18-year-old pupil, who took his school to court, it justified the ban at his Berlin high school because the issue of praying had already sparked conflict among [...]

The Imam Ali Mosque in Hamburg, widely considered by experts in Germany and abroad the long arm of Iran’s regime in the Federal Republic, appears to have violated the spirit – and perhaps the terms – of its contractual partnership with the city of Hamburg.

The mosque and its parent organization are said to have mobilized anti-Israel activists to call for the destruction of the Jewish state.

The city of Hamburg’s interior ministry sent the Green Party politician Antje Möller a list [...]

A political solution in the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program is still possible, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday, but she added Tehran posed a threat not just to Israel but to the whole world.

“I support a political solution … and I believe that we are not at the point where the search for political solutions has been exhausted,” she told a news conference in Berlin.

The U.N. atomic watchdog chief said earlier that the agency will hold further talks [...]