The head of the CDU / CSU SME Association, Carsten Linnemann, has brought a proportion of immigrants to German schools in conversation. This reports the SPIEGEL in its current issue.

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Linnemann said it is now recognized that a high proportion of migrants in classes is not beneficial. He pointed out that already the Philologists Association had demanded to limit the proportion of immigrant children in primary school classes to 35 percent. It is conceivable to examine in a scientifically accompanied model experiment whether such a quota is feasible. (Read the full interview at SPIEGEL + here.)

The topic of political Islam must also be discussed in the coalition committee, said Linnemann. "We have to put pressure now and can not ignore problems out of respect for the Social Democrats, we are at a point where the real challenge is facing us, namely the cultural integration of hundreds of thousands of refugees, especially from Islamic countries," Linnemann said. The topic could not be done with a workshop discussion.

Linnemann also demanded a visa for religious preachers, which was coupled with German language skills. "It can not be that we have 2000 imams in Germany who can not or hardly speak German." In addition, a comprehensive security clearance would have to be part of the visa process.

Also necessary are individual integration agreements between refugees and the German state. "And anyone who violates this must expect sanctions, just as Hartz IV is."

"A Nikab ban on schools and universities makes sense"

The Erlangen law professor and Islamic scholar Mathias Rohe has meanwhile expressed himself to Gesichtsschleiern. According to SPIEGEL, Rohe considers such a ban on facial veils in lectures and exams at universities "meaningful".

A few days ago it was announced that the University of Kiel had imposed a Nikab ban. The state government now wants to extend this ban by law to schools.

Although a lecturer can "if necessary try to take that into his own hands", explains Rohe in an interview with SPIEGEL, "but with a clear legal basis, be it in a university constitution or in a state law, one does lighter".

Such a ban should, according to Rohe, "apply to everything connected with school or university operations, including, for example, registrations in the secretariat or office hours with lecturers." It is not necessary, however, in the corridors or in breaks.

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