IslamPopulist German party calling for banning construction, operation of mosques
A 45-page draft policy proposal, to be debated at the end of April at the annual conference of the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland),a populist, anti-immigration party which has been gaining in the polls, would prohibit the “construction and operation of mosques.” The policy draft, titled “Courage to take responsibility,” states that “Islam does not belong to Germany.” Mosques are conducive “not only to common prayer, but also to the spread of Islamic teachings directed towards the removal of our legal order,” the draft says.
German media group RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) reported on Wednesday that a new 45-page draft policy proposal, to be debated at the end of April at the annual conference of the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland),a populist, anti-immigration party which has been gaining in the polls, would prohibit the “construction and operation of mosques.”
The Local reports that the policy draft, titled “Courage to take responsibility,” states that “Islam does not belong to Germany.” Mosques are conducive “not only to common prayer, but also to the spread of Islamic teachings directed towards the removal of our legal order,” the draft says.
The Koran also permits “lies and deception,” the proposal claims, adding that Islam “has already arrived at its declared path to world domination in 57 out 190 countries.”
According to the AfD proposal, when the authors of Germany’s Constitution outlined freedom of religion in Article 4, they would not have taken into consideration that a religion could incite crime and strive for “world domination.”
The RND notes that the proposal was drafted by right-wing elements within the AfD, which call themselves “The Wing” (Der Fluegel). According to the group’s Web site derfluegel.de, members of The Wing include AfD leaders in several German states, among them Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Brandenburg, and Saxony.
Bavarian AfD state leader Petr Bystron, said he rejected the proposed draft, saying the policy was proposed by party members who did not agree with the party’s leadership.
