"A Turk and a German strive for change in Muslim ghetto
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
By Ian Johnson, The Wall Street Journal
MARXLOH, Germany -- When Medet Sevimli moved into his new home six years ago, friends thought he was crazy.
Anyone with any money got out of Marxloh, a struggling steel community known as Germany's quintessential Muslim ghetto. Mr. Sevimli's life in town was dictated by the narrow, orthodox world of its dominant Muslim group. His new property was strewn with garbage and sat next to a row of derelict houses. The son of Turkish immigrants, Mr. Sevimli watched Turkish and German friends leave for better places. 'No one could understand why I didn't leave too,' says Mr. Sevimli."
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