KOMPAS.com – Experts complain about the growing hostility towards the people Islam and barriers to gaining recognition on German.
Other Islamic scholars in Germany have complained about increasing hostility towards Muslims and obstacles to the recognition of Islam in German legislation. KNA.
There is still some work to be done in connection with the issue of recognition, explains Göttingen’s Islamic scholar, Riem Spielhaus.
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Among other things, even though there was a lot of effort, there was still no direct contact from the Muslim side. Islamic organizations also have less financial and human resources than Protestant Christianity and Catholicism.
To quote former German president Christian Wulff in October 2010, “Islam belongs to Germany”, much has happened at the federal and state levels, the expert continued.
However, the process and negotiations have stagnated since 2016, and in some cases even setbacks.
Wulff continued to stick with that statement. “I consider the sentence more important than ever,” said Wulff in his latest interview with EPD media.
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“Because more and more people are fighting against diversity in the colorful German Republic and coexistence on an equal basis with minorities,” he added, whereas, human dignity and religious freedom are guaranteed in law.
“It cannot be denied that mosques have become part of our daily lives,” he said further.
Meanwhile, quoted from KNA, the Muslim scholar, Riem Spielhaus notes a climate of growing skepticism towards religion and Islamophobia in Germany, making interfaith cooperation even more difficult.
On the other hand, the development of Islamic extremism hinders a positive climate.
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In some states it is permissible to celebrate and perform prayers
Spielhaus called Hamburg and Bremen a positive pioneer. The two states signed contracts with Islamic organizations in 2012 and 2013 governing religious practices.
The states of Niedersachsen and Rheinland-Pfalz want to follow this example. However, the negotiations were still frozen.
In connection with public holidays and Friday prayers for Muslims, there are regulations in several federal states such as Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen as well as Baden-Württemberg which allow Muslims to obtain permission from work, school or training.
At the opening ceremony of the Islamic Competency Network and Islamophobia which took place in Berlin on Thursday (16/9/2020), communications scientist, Kai Hafez said that according to the research, one in two Germans has a dislike for Muslims.
They are often linked with stereotypes related to violence, oppression of women and terrorism.
Right-wing extremists and the AfD Party have branded it as “the image of a ferocious enemy” and politicized it.
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Build a committee consisting of experts
Previously, the Independent Expert Group on Hostility towards Muslims (UEM) held its first meeting at the German Interior Ministry on Wednesday (15/9/2020).
The twelve members of the expert group represent “technical expertise in the field of science and its application”, the ministry was quoted as saying KNA.
The focus of the meeting was an exchange of ideas between experts and the Secretary of State for the German Ministry of Home Affairs, Markus Kerber.
The committee consisting of experts must analyze the manifestations of hostility towards Muslims and also examine their relationship with various things including anti-Semitic attitudes, for example, in order to reduce this hostility.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer appointed members of the committee on September 1.
Kai Hafez is on the committee, along with Islamic scholars Mathias Rohe and Yasemin Shooman from the German Center for Integration and Migration Research.
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