Berlin wants to teach the Islamic religion in schools at the hands of imams

Berlin - AFP - The German Minister of Education Annette Chavan said in an interview to the magazine "De Zeit," published Thursday that it wants to give the imams in the Islamic religion classes in schools.

In Germany, where there is separation of church and state, are given lessons in schools in the Catholic or Protestant religion.

The minister said he "could recruit imams in schools," part-time, such as "priests" but stipulated that graduate from universities in Germany.

The four institutes are established to teach law at the universities of Tobing (South West) and Erlangen (South), Munster (West), Frankfurt (center) with the support of the Ministry of Research.

And now lives between 3.8 and 4.3 million Muslims (45% holds German citizenship) in Germany, out of 82 million.

Turks constitute the largest number of Muslims with 2,5 million people.

Like most European countries, Germany faces the thorny problem of absorption of the Muslims in their societies.

According to a study published in the magazine in December, is 20% of Germans that Islam poses a threat. This percentage is higher than in France, the Netherlands, Denmark and Portugal. Moved topic