Dear Readers,
As usual, the latest Qantara.de newsletter tells you what's new on
our portal. This week's edition features, among others, an extensive
interview with Germany's Interior Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, on
Islam in Germany and the relation of religion and the state; an
interview with Hanif Kureishi (author of "The Buddha of Suburbia);
and – on the occasion of the European Football Championship 2008
– a portrait of Frank "Bilal" Ribéry.
Best wishes,
Lewis Gropp
Qantara.de
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POLITICS
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***Interview with Germany's Interior Minister Schäuble: "We Must
Give the Muslims Time"***
How can one bring about peace among the various religions? An
interview with the German interior minister and protestant Wolfgang
Schäuble on the integration of Muslims into the value system of the
German constitution. Interview: Patrick Bahners
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-769/i.html
***Head of Judiciary: Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya: Turkey's Hard-core
Prosecutor***
Kemalists regard him as the keeper of the Grail: Abdurrahman
Yalcinkaya, Turkey's Chief Prosecutor. With his proclaimed intent of
closing the ruling AK party for "anti-secularist activities", he has
recently stirred up a new political storm. Semiran Kaya introduces
the uncompromising prosecutor
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-986/i.html
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SOCIETY
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***Dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian Archaeologists: Forum for
Cross-border Research***
Despite the provisional end to the Middle East peace process a few
years ago, which put paid to official co-operation between Israeli
and Palestinian archaeologists, some 50 archaeologists from both
sides of the divide have decided to continue the dialogue. Joseph
Croitoru reports
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-772/i.html
***Franck Bilal Ribéry: "Always Believe in God"***
Franck Ribéry has never been in better shape, and there is a good
chance he could be named player of the tournament at Euro 08. Yet
things have not always been so rosy for Ribéry, a devout Muslim and
former construction worker; not everything in his career has come
easy. A portrait by André Tucic
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-768/i.html
***Turkish-German University: Academic Lighthouse on the Bosporus***
Berlin and Ankara are founding a joint university in Istanbul. The
institution on the Bosporus has been planned since the 1990s – the
first students should be starting in 2009. Christiane Schlötzer
reports
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-771/i.html
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CULTURE
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***Ibrahim Maalouf: Golden Boy between Paris and Beirut***
The young Lebanese musician Ibrahim Maalouf has played trumpet for
Amadou & Mariam, Lhasa and Bumcello, and has also enjoyed a brilliant
classical career. On his debut album, Maalouf fuses oriental and
electronic sounds into a unique musical language. Stefan Franzen met
him in Marseille
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-310/_nr-535/i.html
***Interview with Hanif Kureishi: "England Belongs to Me Now,
Baby!"***
Immigrants as capitalism's victors: Hanif Kureishi has written a new
novel. In a relaxed conversation with Daniel Bax, the British author
describes the renaissance of his hometown London and praises the
police crackdown on radical Islamists
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-310/_nr-534/i.html
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This is the newsletter of the online magazine "Qantara.de –
Dialogue with the Islamic World"; Qantara.de is sponsored by Deutsche
Welle, the Goethe Institute, the Federal Center for Political
Education and the Institute for Foreign Relations; the portal is
funded by the German Foreign Office.
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Sign the Petition : Release the Arrested University Teachers Immediately : An Appeal to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
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Mukto-Mona Celebrates 5th Anniversary
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Kansat Uprising : A Special Page from Mukto-Mona
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MM Project : Grand assembly of local freedom fighters at Raumari
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German Bangla Radio Interviews Mukto-Mona Members:
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