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  • Not [No Mosques] in My Backyard, Say an Increasing Number of Germans

    07/17/2008 6:43:46 PM PDT · by DeaconBenjamin · 26 replies · 202+ views
    Spiegel ^ | 7/16/08 | By Jochen Bölsche
    The planned construction of over 180 mosques in Germany is mobilizing right-wing xenophobes but also an increasing number of leftist critics. They fear the Muslim places of worship will facilitate the establishment of a completely parallel society. ... the media reported "turmoil" and an "enraged" audience in a school auditorium in Ehrenfeld, a district of the German city of Cologne. The mood was almost comparable to that of the protest gatherings once held against nuclear missiles or reactors. Instead the outrage was directed at a huge mosque planned for the area. Still, the words used by the project's opponents called...