German president dines with Muslims, urges tolerance after Orlando shooting


  • World
  • Tuesday, 14 Jun 2016

German President Joachim Gauck gives a press statement at the presidential residence Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, June 6, 2016. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

BERLIN (Reuters) - German President Joachim Gauck joined a Ramadan dinner on Monday, warning against demonising Muslims a day after a man pledging allegiance to Islamic State shot dead 49 people in a U.S. nightclub.

Germany is at the front line of efforts to integrate migrants into Europe after more than 1 million arrived there last year, most of them Muslims fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere.

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