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German Court Says School Must Provide Prayer Space For Muslim Student

By Howard M. Friedman

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In the first ruling of its kind in Germany, the Berlin administrative court has ruled that Diesterweg High School in Berlin-Wedding must allow a Muslim student known in the litigation as Yunus M. to pray 10 minutes each day in a separate classroom. Deutsche Welle reported yesterday that freedom of religion guarantees required this accommodation which the court saw as not disturbing school operations. Berlin's Education Senate says it fears that the ruling will lead to the creation of "islands of belief" in the schools, and the chairman of Berlin-Wedding's parents' board said she fears that the ruling will further lessen Muslim students' willingness to integrate into the school.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on September 30, 2009 (boomark / email).

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