Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that refugees had not brought terrorism to Germany, and that Islam belonged in the country as long as it was practised in a way that respected the constitution. More than a million people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere arrived in Germany last year. She said many people had travelled from Germany to Syria for training with Islamist militants. “This group has worried us for several years,” Merkel said at the event in Neustrelitz, 60 miles north of Berlin. “We have said clearly that an Islam that works and lives on the basis of the constitution ... belongs to Germany,” Merkel said.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2016 20:15 UTC