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Article

10 Jul 2011

Author:
Julia Hahn, Deutsche Welle [Germany]

Skilled German Muslims held back by stereotypes

They are ambitious, well-educated and jobless. In Germany, a rising number of skilled Muslims are complaining of discrimination. Especially women wearing a headscarf feel excluded from the job market...In Dusseldorf...about 80 people have gathered in a conference room where scientists, politicians, activists and Muslim social workers are discussing discrimination against Muslim women in the workplace...Social scientist Mario Peucker...says that interviews with employers in small and medium-sized German companies have shown that some of them clearly show anti-Muslim tendencies. From interviews with employers he knows that some of them also think Muslims have a lower social capital and do not achieve as much as other applicants.