Posted on 05/01/2016 7:24:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on Sunday turned its focus to the issue of Islam in Germany, after having decided on Saturday to call for a reduction of Brussels' say in German politics at its congress in the southern city of Stuttgart.
The AfD leadership has said it sees the Islamic religion as a political ideology that is not reconcilable with the German constitution. It is opposed to allowing the construction of minarets in Germany, and wants to ban both calls to worship by muezzins and the wearing of full-face veils.
Co-chairman Jörg Meuthen said on Saturday that although religious freedom was an essential part of German culture, the Western, Christian world view was the guiding principle, and not Islam. For this reason, he said, muezzin calls could not be given the same status as the ringing of church bells.
The congress voted in favor of including a section in the manifesto entitled "Islam is not part of Germany," a phrase echoing comments by Chancellor Angela Merkel and former German President Christian Wulff asserting the opposite.
"An orthodox form of Islam that does not respect our legal system or even resists it, and that makes the claim to be the only valid religion is not reconcilable with our legal system and culture," the manifesto now reads.
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LOL, looked them up, the anti protestors look like an anti Trump rally here. I see the German PD seem to have better control of them? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36176901
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