{"id":7012,"date":"2019-11-11T22:46:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T21:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=7012"},"modified":"2020-01-10T22:52:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T21:52:30","slug":"germany-we-expect-imams-from-abroad-to-speak-german","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2019\/11\/11\/germany-we-expect-imams-from-abroad-to-speak-german\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany: \u201cWe Expect Imams from Abroad to Speak German\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2019\/11\/11\/germany-we-expect-imams-from-abroad-to-speak-german\/interior-ministry-holds-press-conference-over-walter-lubcke-murder\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7013\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/germany-imams-language.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/germany-imams-language.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/germany-imams-language-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Germany: \u201cWe Expect Imams from Abroad to Speak German\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/15152\/germany-imams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | November 11, 2019<\/p>\n<p>The German government, after years of equivocating, has approved a measure that would require clergy from abroad to prove that they have sufficient German language skills before they are allowed to work in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The move, aimed at cracking down on foreign government control over Muslims in Germany, comes after an academic study found that approximately 90% of the imams leading the 2,000 or so mosques in Germany are from abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The new measure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmi.bund.de\/SharedDocs\/pressemitteilungen\/DE\/2019\/11\/geistliche-aus-dem-ausland.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">approved<\/a> by the Cabinet on November 6, would amend two German laws \u2014\u00a0 the Employment Regulation for Foreigners (<em>Besch\u00e4ftigungsverordnung<\/em>) and the Residence Act (<em>Aufenthaltsverordnung<\/em>) \u2014 to stipulate that, in the future, anyone seeking to obtain a residence permit for the exercise of religious employment must demonstrate a sufficient knowledge of German.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/15152\/germany-imams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[179,178,181],"class_list":["post-7012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-union","tag-germany","tag-islam","tag-islam-in-europe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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