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Merkel cites Christian roots as Berlin resumes Muslim dialogue

By Alliance Alert

Reuters: "Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Germany?s Ecumenical Church Congress (Kirchentag) in Munich that Christianity is a main foundation of the country?s values system. This is not a surprising statement in Germany, especially for the leader of a party called the Christian Democratic Union. But it?s not one that?s heard much in some other European countries, either because of a strict separation of church and state (like France with its laïcité) or some multicultural model (as in Britain) that plays down the majority religious heritage of European societies."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on May 18, 2010 (boomark / email).