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January 02, 2006 Germany: Predictable Muslim Reaction To Bavarian 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. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
