Editing Multiculturalism (section)

===Germany===
{{Main|Immigration to Germany}}
In October 2010, [[Angela Merkel]] told a meeting of younger members of her [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU) party at [[Potsdam]], near [[Berlin]], that attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany had "utterly failed",<ref name="fail">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11559451|work=[[BBC News]] |title=Merkel says German multicultural society has failed|date=17 October 2010}}</ref> stating: "The concept that we are now living side by side and are happy about it does not work".<ref name="fail" /><ref>{{cite news|title= Germans argue over integration|work= BBC|date=30 November 2004|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4056109.stm|access-date=18 October 2010|first=Ray|last=Furlong}}</ref> She continued to say that immigrants should integrate and adopt Germany's culture and values. This has added to a growing debate within Germany<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11532699|work=[[BBC News]] |title=Germany's charged immigration debate|date=17 October 2010}}</ref> on the levels of immigration, its effect on Germany and the degree to which middle eastern immigrants have integrated into German society.<ref>[http://www.aicgs.org/publication/the-many-sides-of-muslim-integration-a-german-american-comparison/ "Rauf Ceylan: Muslims in Germany: Religious and Political Challenges and Perspectives in the Diaspora],</ref> In 2015, Merkel again criticized multiculturalism on the grounds that it leads to [[Parallel society|parallel societies]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/12/14/angela-merkel-multiculturalism-is-a-sham/|title=Multiculturalism is a sham, says Angela Merkel|date=14 December 2015|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=24 February 2019}}</ref>

The [[Ahmadiyya]] Muslim Community of Germany is the first Muslim group to have been granted "corporation under public law status", putting the community on par with the major Christian churches and Jewish communities of Germany.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dw.de/muslims-in-germany-have-rights-and-obligations/a-16888992 | title=Muslims in Germany have rights and obligations | date=18 June 2013 | access-date=7 June 2014}}</ref>