Germany: Group pulls out of Islam conference

Germany: Group pulls out of Islam conference

The government banned the Council of Islam and the Central Council of Muslims now dropped out, leaving only two Muslim organizations in the conference: Ditib (Turkish gov't org) and the Union of Islamic Cultural Centers.

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A German Muslim group unexpectedly pulled out Wednesday from planned talks with the government about the integration of Islamic values, days before discussions were to restart.
This article was prepared by the Islam in Europe blog - islamineurope.blogspot.com

The Central Council of Muslims said the government-sponsored Islam Conference had no concrete goals and did too little to tackle Islamophobia.


"The German Islam Conference is nothing but a government-decreed forum," said Ayyub Axel Koehler, who heads the nationwide alliance of Sunni mosques.



Koehler criticized the interior ministry for failing to address any of his organization's key concerns.



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Source: EarthTimes (English)

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