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BERLIN - A shooting champion has become the centre of controversy over integration in Germany after the Christian association awarding the prize threatened to strip him of the title because he is Muslim.

Mithat Gedik won the traditional German title of Schützenkönig (shooting king) in his home town of Werl-Sönnern in western Germany in July but was asked to return the trophy by the federation of historic German shooting brotherhoods (BHDS).

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