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January 2, 2006
Germany: Predictable Muslim Reaction To Integration Test
We mentioned the law which comes into force this week in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg, which requires prospective Muslim citizens to answer a series of questions about their views on German culture in an oral exam.
The European Assembly of Turkish Academics have already criticised the law as "dicriminatory and racist". Most German Muslims are of Turkish origin. Now another group has joined the criticism,Germany's Islam Council.
The news comes from the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), and as Iran is currently breaking international treaties, their copyright rules do not apply here. So, in full:
Muslim group slams German state's tightening of rules for Muslims seeking citizenship
A German Muslim organization on Monday lashed out at plans by the south German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg to tighten rules on Muslims seeking German citizenship, DPA reported.
The chairman of the Islam Council, Ali Kizilkaya was quoted as saying in Cologne that the latest policy was a 'slap in face' of those Muslims who want to integrate in Germany and hence want to obtain German citizenship.
Kizilkaya added the tightened citizenship rules for Muslims were also a violation of the equal rights amendment of the German constitution.
Under the new measure, Baden-Wuerttemberg state officials are to question Muslims more intensely than other applicants effective January 1.
The only state in Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg has introduced a new handbook, containing 30 questions, allegedly testing the applicant's loyalty towards the German constitution.
Applicants from 57-nation Islamic Conference Organization (OIC) are required to respond to questions like for example the Muslims' view on the 9/11 terror attacks in the US.
UPDATE: The Bangkok Post states (Jan 04) that there have been suggestions from Baden-Wurttemberg's justice minister, Ulrich Goll, that his party (the FDP) would now wish all would-be citizens to be subjected to the test.
The latest figures from Verfassungsschutuz, the German domestic security agency, state that there are an estimated 32,000 Muslim extremists currently living in Germany.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at January 2, 2006 3:11 PM
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