Via the Montreal Gazette:
German Muslims also questioned the choice, as did Internet activists.
Wulff reached out to Muslims during his 20-month presidency whereas Gauck has been silent about accommodating Islam in Germany's heritage, telling one interviewer that integration was not about Muslim or foreign identity but only about helping the have-nots.
"We are naturally hoping that Gauck will continue the integration efforts of his predecessor which gave Muslims the feeling they belonged in Germany," said Ali Kizilkaya, chairman of the Council of Muslims, in remarks to appear in the newspaper Tagesspiegel.(source)
