‘Muslim Merkel’ prompts anger in Germany

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Public broadcaster ARD is under fire for photo-montaging Merkel into a chador Bericht aus Berlin/ARD
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The ‘Merka’ photo-montage was made by the Report from Berlin programme Bericht aus Berlin/ARD

David Charter Berlin

Last updated at 11:29AM, October 6 2015

A provocative image of Angela Merkel wearing a chador in front of minarets rising from the Bundestag has provoked complaints to a German TV station as tensions rise over the influx of migrants to the country.

The “Merka” photo-montage was made by the Report from Berlin programme on the public service broadcaster ARD as the backdrop for a debate on whether there should be quotas for refugees.

Some viewers complained that it was anti-Muslim propaganda rather than satire because it was reminiscent of an image displayed on posters at the Monday night marches by the anti-immigrant group Pegida – Patriotic Europeans

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