A German politician from an anti-Islam party resigned and converted to Islam

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  A German politician from the far-right political party
  Alternative for Germany (AfD) resigned and converted to
  Islam. 
  


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  Arthur Wagner stepped down on January 11, the group
  wrote in a Facebook post, and said the decision came as a
  surprise.
  


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  The party touts an anti-immigration, anti-Islam
  platform.
  

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Arthur Wagner, a German politician from the far-right political
party Alternative for Germany (AfD), has resigned and converted
to Islam, according to a party spokesman. Wagner
confirmed his resignation to the German publication Der
Tagesspiege.

Wagner was a leading member of the AfD in Germany's eastern state
of Brandenburg. He left the party on January 11, AfD chairman
Andreas Kalbitz wrote in a
Facebook post, adding the decision came as a surprise.

Kalbitz told
CNN that Wagner had previously been active in the
party's Christian wing.

Wanger joined the AfD in 2015 and was a member of
the Brandenburg committee responsible for religious communities
and activities.

The AfD party is known for its
far-right beliefs and said on its website that it is strongly anti-immigration and
anti-Islam. Kalbitz
wrote in an official AfD Facebook post on Wednesday that "Islam
does not belong to Germany."

The party had become the third most popular party in
Germany since last year's federal election, during which it won
12.6% of the vote.

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