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December 31, 2005
Germany: Immigrant Muslims To Be Subjected To Loyalty Test
News from the UK Telegraph and from Germany's Deutsche Welle that those who wish to migrate and live in Germany will be subjected to strict questioning on their motives and loyalty.
The scheme is being proposed by the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg, and was announced officially today by the state's interior ministry today. The move, criticised as "discriminatory" by federal authorities in Berlin, will mean Muslims who wish to live in the state will have to answer 30 questions on the applicants' religious and cultural outlook.
The Baden-Wurttemberg ministry said that Germany's 16 federal states must be able to find out if potential new citizens, who must make an oath to uphold Germany's Laws, under a federal ruling, really accept the laws and culture of the country.
The two-hour oral exam is the first of its kind in Europe, and will be taken in addition to the standard test for those wishing to become German citizens, which measures language aptitude and general knowledge.
The new test, which starts this week, will also require applicants to prove they can provide for themselves and their dependents. The would-be citizen must also have lived in Germany for the previous eight years, and have a clean criminal record.
The 30 questions on the test include the following:
The test has been criticised inside Baden-Wurttemberg's parliament, by Brigitte Losch, a Green party MP, who said the test inferred that Muslims were "violent per se" and were unable to abide by German law. "This list of questions is only to be used for applicants from Islamic countries. It is an unbelievable form of discrimination," she said. "If Germans were asked some of the questions, they would find it difficult to answer them."
The test has also been panned by the European Assembly of Turkish Academics who called it "strongly discriminatory and racist" against Germany's Muslim population. There are currently 3 million Muslims in the country. The majority of these are Turkish.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at December 31, 2005 9:45 AM
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