Pre-publications of a study on young Muslims in Germany give CSU politicians the opportunity to reintroduce the preserved "Islam, Integration, Violence" to be reopened

For quite some time, it had been relatively quiet around the irritant topic "Readiness of Muslims for Integration". The rescue package, Greece and the Wulff affair had pushed the topic to the side. This is now changing again. The study commissioned by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and entitled "Living Worlds of Young Muslims in Germany" It has not even been published – it is not due to be presented until today – but pre-released results have prompted CSU politicians to comment on the sentiment package "Islam, Integration, Propensity to Violence" among the people again.

The Bild-Zeitung, which publishes the study "exclusively available". Already yesterday, it had begun to present, in a typically concise manner, the results of the "Shock study" too public. For example, the study reportedly found that 24 percent of Muslims between the ages of 14 and 32 in Germany who do not hold a German passport are conspicuous by the following characteristics: "Strictly religious people with a strong aversion to the West, a tendency to accept violence and no tendency toward integration".

Russia has quickly learned the rules of neoliberalism. Supporters of EU market protectionism are now noticing this, too

Alexei Miller is one of the most powerful men in Moscow. When he speaks, everyone comes: diplomats, entrepreneurs and politicians. This was also the case last Tuesday, when the chairman of the board of the Russian energy giant Gazprom invited the representatives of the 25 EU countries to the Austrian representation in Moscow. The program included a presentation on international energy cooperation. But it was clear to all present that the relations between Gazprom and the European Union are currently severely strained and the crisis is even preoccupying the Kremlin. There was a political debate that evening.

Gazprom’s main pipelines to Europe. Image: Gazprom

The usual game of mutual blame at the expense of civilians who could not or did not want to flee

The ceasefire is more or less over in Syria after the fighting around Aleppo resumed and the parties involved and the main players, the U.S. and Russia, seem to be less interested in finding a solution than in intensifying the conflict. Whether the peace talks can continue at all is questionable, especially since a solution remains unreal as long as the U.S. and Russia do not cooperate through the UN Security Council and the role of the Assad regime is not clarified.

Russia demands that Islamist groups Jayish al-Islam and Ahrar al-Sham, which are supported by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey and are part of the so-called High Negotiations Committee (HNC), also be classified as terrorist organizations. Both groups are known to work closely with the al-Qaeda offshoot al-Nusra, also in the Aleppo area.

Syrian escape on arrival at Camp Bardarash in the Iraqi autonomous region Kurdistan. Image: UNHCR / HOSSIN FATEMI

The jihadist militias of the Turkish army distribute the ingots in the northeast, especially women and children flee

On Sunday evening, the ARD Magazine World’s mirror reported that more and more families from Northeast Syria flee in Northern Iraq. The location in the escape of the escape there is headed.