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Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble on Tuesday warned Germany must not discriminate against its Muslim population, saying that Islam was a part of its society. His comments contrast starkly with those of the country's new conservative interior minister.
"We have every interest in saying that Islam is a part of our country and in inviting Muslims to value what we have achieved in the Western World," the Christian Democrat told the latest edition of political magazine Cicero.
Religion, faith, democracy and universal human rights are all compatible, he added.