ADDING on to post no. 1136:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL1570737220070815
“Six men shot dead in Germany”
Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:32AM BST
BERLIN (Reuters) -
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “All six of the men, aged between 20 and 30, were shot in the head, a police spokesman said. Police had no other immediate details.
The cars were registered in a German town but some local media said the victims were not German.”
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2738654,00.html
“German State Court Upholds Headscarf Ban for Teachers”
“Teacher Brigitte Weiss, who converted from Christianity to Islam, lost the case Tuesday”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A court in Germany’s most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia has upheld a ban on female Muslim teachers wearing headscarves in schools.
Wearing a headscarf violated a state regulation against religious symbols in public schools, the administrative court in the western city of Düsseldorf ruled on Tuesday.
The case was brought by a 52-year-old secondary school teacher, who said she would appeal Tuesday’s ruling.
The teacher had argued that her headscarf was a “fashion accessory à la Grace Kelly” that was in line with Christian-Occidental values.
The judges did not accept the argument, pointing out that since the teacher always wore the scarf, it was a symbol of her religous beliefs.
Authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia imposed a ban on headscarves in June 2006.
A similar ban was introduced in the southern state of Bavaria in 2005 with the aim of protecting children from the influence of Islamic fundamentalists.”
>>>The cars were registered in a German town but some local media said the victims were not German.”<<<
That’s a curious line.