'Muslim Merkel' German TV Image Causes Outrage

ARD television broadcast a mocked-up picture of
Mrs Merkel wearing a chador

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An image of Angela Merkel wearing a traditional Iranian Islamic headscarf has caused controversy in Germany.

ARD television was inundated with complaints after it broadcast a mocked-up picture of Mrs Merkel wearing the garment, known as a chador, against a backdrop of the Reichstag surrounded by minarets.

The image was shown during a debate on the refugee crisis on Report from Berlin [Bericht aus Berlin], a Newsnight-style programme, and was intended to be satirical, the broadcaster claimed.

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