Christian Social Union

German politician calls for bar on foreign mosque financing

A senior figure in one of Germany's governing parties is calling for an "Islam law" that would prevent foreign financing of mosques in the country.
     
Andreas Scheuer, the Christian Social Union's general secretary, argued in an interview with the daily Die Welt published on April 13 that "political Islam" undermines efforts to integrate people in Germany.
     

Germany and Refugees

No good deed goes unpunished.

Two months ago  Chancellor Angela Merkel amazed the world by opening Germany's borders to all the genuine refugees (mostly Syrians and Afghans) who could get that far. She must have known her own people well, because  ordinary Germans showed extraordinary sympathy and generosity to the new arrivals. 

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