{"id":6498,"date":"2016-04-28T06:10:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T05:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6498"},"modified":"2016-06-13T06:09:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T05:09:45","slug":"germany-need-islam-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2016\/04\/28\/germany-need-islam-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany: &#8220;We Need an Islam Law&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2016\/04\/28\/germany-need-islam-law\/germany-cologne-mosque\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6499\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6499\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/germany-cologne-mosque.jpg\" alt=\"germany cologne mosque\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/germany-cologne-mosque.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/germany-cologne-mosque-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A proposed &#8220;Islam Law&#8221; would limit the influence of foreign imams and prohibit the foreign financing of mosques in Germany.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Germany: &#8220;We Need an Islam Law&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/7931\/germany-islam-law\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | April 28, 2016<\/p>\n<p>A senior German politician has called for an \u201cIslam Law\u201d that would limit the influence of foreign imams and prohibit the foreign financing of mosques in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal \u2014 modelled on the Islam Law <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/5277\/austria-reforms-islam-law\" target=\"_blank\">promulgated<\/a> in Austria in February 2015 \u2014 is aimed at staving off extremism and promoting Muslim integration by developing a moderate \u201cEuropean Islam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move comes amid revelations that the Turkish government is paying the salaries of nearly 1,000 conservative imams in Germany who are leading mosques across the country. In addition, Saudi Arabia recently pledged to finance the construction of 200 mosques in Germany to serve migrants there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/7931\/germany-islam-law\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A proposed &#8220;Islam Law&#8221; would limit the influence of foreign imams and prohibit the foreign financing of mosques in Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,48],"tags":[46,179,181],"class_list":["post-6498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-germany","category-islam-in-europe","tag-european-multiculturalism","tag-germany","tag-islam-in-europe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Germany: &quot;We Need an Islam Law&quot; - 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