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Germany possesses an increasingly secular society and a thoroughly organized religious sector, with the Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches as its largest denominations....
Germany possesses an increasingly secular society and a thoroughly organized religious sector, with the Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches as its largest denominations....
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Report of the Georgetown Symposium on Religious Freedom and Equality: Emerging Conflicts in North America and Europe
October 18, 2012
October 18, 2012
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Angela Merkel on Freedom and the Nazi Legacy at the New School in Berlin
February 19, 2009
Never again may xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism be given a chance in Germany and Europe. That is easily said, but the number of right-wing, radical crimes committed in recent times have reminded us once again that not everyone has heeded this call. Never again may we tolerate restrictions imposed on freedom of thought, speech or action. Never again may people be stigmatized as social outsiders on the basis of their origins. Many people in our country will have to work on this, as well, before it can become reality. If people are to live together in peace within a single society or around the world, in spite of all the differences in their views and interests, we have to be ready to stand up for freedom at every turn for freedom of expression, for freedom of religion, for the freedom for each individual to fulfill his or her potential.
Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany since 2005, is both the first woman and the first East German to hold this office. In 1990, shortly before Germany's reunification, she became a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union. Later that...
Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany since 2005, is both the first woman and the first East German to hold this office. In 1990, shortly before Germany's reunification, she became a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union. Later that...