Sunday, December 25, 2005

Chicago Tribune | Mosaic of Muslim migration beginning to reveal cracks

"Mosaic of Muslim migration beginning to reveal cracks
Troubles in Berlin neighborhood reflected across Europe as communities wrestle with an ill-defined notion: `How do we integrate?'

By Jeffrey Fleishman
Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times
Published December 25, 2005

BERLIN -- Gummi Bear candy marked the cultural divide between Annette Spieler and the inquisitive little girl.

Spieler, principal at the elementary school in the Wrangel neighborhood here, offers candy as a reward for good grades. One Muslim student asked if Gummi Bears were made with gelatin, an ingredient often derived from pigs. Spieler discovered that they were."

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