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One of its elections slogans was \u201cIslam has no place in Germany.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4>Apolitician from the nationalist Alternative for Germany party (AfD) who shocked colleagues by converting to Islam says he did so because he was unhappy with the church\u2019s acceptance of gay marriage.<\/h4>\n<h4>Arthur Wagner made headlines around the world last week after it emerged that he had become a Muslim.<\/h4>\n<h4>The AfD, which last year became the first nationalist party to win seats in the German parliament since the sixties, campaigns on an openly anti-Muslim platform. 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