The Islamic communities in Germany should be treated like the established churches, according to secretary of the department of interior Wolfgang Schäuble. To accomplish equity with the established churches, the Muslims in Germany “must conduct changes within their organisations”, said Schäuble in an interview given the Protestant press association (epd).
Catholics and Protestants had also go through a “long learning process” until they reached the present “church-state-relation”, Schäuble continued. He pointed out that Islam will not need several centuries like the established churches to adopt. Basic requirement for the Muslims is to stick to the Constitutional Law, underlines secretary Schäuble.
