Open AccessDialogue between the German Government and Muslims Living in Germany: Prospects and Challenges for the 'Deustsche Islamkonferenz' (DIK)
Author(s) -
Christoph Marcinkowski
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
islam and civilisational renewal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2041-8728
pISSN - 2041-871X
DOI - 10.52282/icr.v3i4.516
Subject(s) - german , immigration , citizenship , government (linguistics) , political science , german government , economic history , demographic economics , history , law , economics , politics , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology
In recent decades, Germany has become religiously and culturally more diverse, a fact which is mainly due to the arrival of immigrants from countries with a Muslim background. Meanwhile, approximately four million Muslims live in Germany, and already just under half of them have German citizenship.