Germany gets female Muslim state minister
The state parliament of Lower Saxony has sworn in Ayguel Oezkan as minister of social affairs for the northern state, making her the first female Muslim minister in Germany. The 38-year-old, who is a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), was born in Hamburg to Turkish immigrants. http://www.islamonline.com/news/articles/2/Germany-gets-female-Muslim-minister.html