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§ German,
and possibly European, demographics are being set to change forever.
§ "No
one knows exactly what actually happens in Islamic classes in German primary
schools." — Abdel-Hakim Ourghi, head of the Faculty for Islamic Theology
and Religious Studies at the Freiburg University of Education.
§ In
Ourghi's assessment, conservative Islam, the one dominant in Germany, is
incapable of thinking critically about its past.
§ According
to the report, the textbooks fail to "confront the problematic verses of
Koran." The curriculum also fails in its most important purpose --
integrating Muslims into the German society -- as it fails to reconcile the
"Islamic faith of the students with the reality of the western
society" they are living in.
§ By
legitimizing extremist groups such as DITIB within German Muslim society as the
sole legitimate representatives of Islam, the German government has
marginalized genuine voices of reform and dissent within its Muslim population.
§ These
courageous dissident Muslim men and women are left to face threats and
intimidation on their own, while the government is busy appeasing the
self-proclaimed leaders of the faith.
As Muslim migration is being
set to change German, and possibly European, demographics forever, Germany is
gearing up for the new challenge -- not by integrating and assimilating young
Muslims in a free and democratic Western society, but by handing over the
religious education of the next generation of German Muslims to Islamist
radicals.
Worse yet, German authorities
see no problem in doing that.
With Germany predicted to
receive 800,000 migrants -- mostly Muslims -- this year alone, and millions
more waiting to cross Europe's unguarded borders, the Muslim population in Germany is seeing a historic rise from the current figure of
nearly 6 million. Several German states including Bavaria, Hesse and North
Rhine-Westphalia have introduced Islamic Studies in their public schools. The
state of Hesse has become the first in Germany to offer Islamic education in
public schools, with religious instruction starting as early as the first
grade.
Giving young children
religious and moral instruction might sound like a good idea, if not for the
content of the newly written Islamic curriculum and the influence of Islamist
elements over the recruitment of teachers.
The writing of textbooks is
being overseen by the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB). In
an agreement reached between the State of Hesse and DITIB, the organization
will play a key role in setting the curriculum, selecting the teachers and
monitoring the Islamic religious instruction. The organization is apparently
assuming a similar role in several other key German states.
DITIB is the largest Muslim
organization in Germany and controls several prominent mosques. The group depends heavily on the Turkish government
for its funding, and maintains close ties with Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan's Islamist party, the AKP.
The newly compiled Islamic
curriculum for public schools in Hesse has come under great scrutiny. An
independent report conducted by Abdel-Hakim Ourghi, who heads of the Faculty for Islamic Theology and Religious Studies at the Freiburg University of Education, has sharply
criticized the curriculum.
According to an article in Die Welt, Ourghi, a prominent Muslim scholar, has been raising
concern about the activities of DITIB and other conservative Muslim
organizations operating in Germany. "No one knows exactly what actually
happens in Islamic classes in German primary schools," he says. In his
assessment, conservative Islam, the one dominant in Germany, is incapable of
thinking critically about its past.
According to Ourghi's report,
the textbooks fail to "confront the problematic verses of Koran." The
report also says that the curriculum fails in its most important purpose --
integrating Muslims into the German society -- as it fails to reconcile the
"Islamic faith of the students with the reality of the western
society" they are living in.
Confronted with the damning
report, Hesse's Minister of Education and Culture, Alexander Lorz, dismissed
the allegations and called the Hesse's Islamic education a "success."
Meanwhile, despite Lorz's
stance, young German Muslims from his state keep heading to Syria and Iraq to join the ranks of
the Islamic State (ISIS). And despite DITIB's regular lip service to denouncing
the terrorist organization, the Islamic State receives a continuous flow of
fresh recruits from DITIB-run mosques.
According to a recent investigative report by the German news magazine, Focus, a DITIB-run Mosque in
Cologne is a key base in Germany for Turkey's intelligence agency, the MIT. The
intelligence team not only gathers information on Turkish President Erdogan's
opponents in Germany, but also maintains a local "thug squad" to mete
out "tough punishments" to Turkish dissidents in Germany.
By legitimizing extremist
groups such as DITIB as the sole legitimate representatives of Islam within
German Muslim society, the German government has marginalized genuine voices of
reform and dissent within its Muslim population.
These courageous dissident
Muslim men and women are left to face threats and intimidation on their own,
while the government is busy appeasing the self-proclaimed leaders of the
faith.
The fruits of liberty enjoyed
by Germans today are not Germany's to squander in the first place. Every bit of
this precious freedom was paid for in blood -- from the beaches of Normandy to
the pavements of the Warsaw Ghetto -- often meter-by-meter with bare knuckles
and bloody fists.
As if history has come full
circle, in the span of less than a century, Germany's state institutions are
folding again at the mere sight of an organized band of fascists.
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