Melech 9,900 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 BERLIN: Germany's Angela Merkel said on Monday Islam "belonged to Germany", in a clear repudiation of anti-immigration protesters gathering in Dresden and other cities. A day after walking arm-in-arm with French President Francois Hollande at the front of a massive march in Paris to honour the victims of killings by Islamic militants, the chancellor received the Turkish prime minister and urged dialogue among religions. Merkel pointed to comments made by former German president Christian Wulff, who said in 2010 that Islam was part of Germany, triggering a fierce debate. "Former president Wulff said Islam belongs to Germany. That is true. I also hold this opinion," Merkel said at a news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who also took part in the Paris march on Sunday. She was speaking hours before marches by a movement dubbed PEGIDA, or Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West, were due to begin in several German cities. Such demonstrations, launched in Dresden, have been dwarfed by counter-protests. Merkel has said PEGIDA's rallies are organised by people with "hatred in their hearts". Merkel said her government was doing everything it could to ensure migrants were being successfully integrated into German society regardless of their religion. But she acknowledged the need for better dialogue between religions, praising Muslims for publicly rejecting the use of violence after the Paris killings and calling Turkey an ally in the fight against terrorism. She and Davutoglu announced that their governments would begin regular German-Turkish consultations, a format in which the cabinets meet once a year and which is reserved for some of Berlin's closest allies, like Israel and France. Merkel and other German politicians are due to take part in a solemn vigil at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Tuesday. Muslim organisations called the event to remember the victims of Islamist militant attacks on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher shop in Paris. Davutoglu said it was important to combat all forms of Islamophobia in Germany. Nearly two in three of the four million Muslims in Germany are of Turkish origin. Roughly half are German citizens. - See more at: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/World/2015/Jan-12/283845-merkel-says-islam-belongs-to-germany-ahead-of-dresden-rally.ashx#sthash.5LJ6kSj8.dpuf Slay Queen Angela Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey 3,017 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I thought it belonged to the Middle East strange. "I am the world's greatest person that does not want to let people into the country."—US President Donald J. Trump Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAstroLeo 14,452 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Germany belongs to Germany. Nothing else Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 49,376 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I thought it belonged to the Middle East strange. I thought your antiquated views belonged to the garbabe bin, but here we are Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Germany belongs to Germany. Nothing else And Islam,Christianity and Judaism all belong to Germany. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky 21 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I thought it belonged to the Middle East strange. They didn't mean that it belongs exclusively to Germany. Can you not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaMaisonGaga 23,884 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Slay Angela, the true goddess of love and reunition lamaisongaga.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnabesk 1,230 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Muslims are a part of the German community and therefore Islam is also a part of the German nation. It's not a statement about the origin of Islam, but more like words of mutual acceptance and multiculturalism! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAstroLeo 14,452 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 And Islam,Christianity and Judaism all belong to Germany. Soon it'll be the entire world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Soon it'll be the entire world. Soon it'll be the entire world. okay what the heck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursula Buffay 73 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 And Islam,Christianity and Judaism all belong to Germany. And atheism, FREEDOM belongs to Germany, France, the US and the occidental world. Slay Angela Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 And atheism, FREEDOM belongs to Germany, France, the US and the occidental world. Slay Angela Of course! Totally forgot atheism there silly me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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