Muslim Berliners

Students learn about the Quran in after-schoolclasses

26 June 2007

Mariam Shahin is a Berlin-born filmmaker of Palestinian descent.

Her father first came to Germany as a student.

In the film Muslim Berliners she looks at the uneasy history of Turkish and Middle Eastern immigrants, many of whom feel German – but find their allegiances questioned, especially after 9/11.

While some young people experience hostility, and often use their Islamic identity as a way to rebel, others say they do not experience harassment at all – and appreciate efforts to create greater understanding between the two cultures, as a new TV series has done.

Young German Muslims dance to celebrate the circumcision of a young boy in Berlin's thriving Muslim community

Shahin also speaks to some of Germany's rising number of new Muslim converts.

She discovers that many German converts are now playing an active role in explaining Islam to non-Muslim Germans.

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