Germany Starts Training of Muslim Imams, Islamic Groups Do Not Accept

BERLIN – Plan German launching a state-backed imam training center has been criticized by leading Islamic groups from Turkey .

“According to the groups, the German government’s move goes against the principle that only religious communities have the right to train their leaders,” the daily report said Daily Sabah.

According to the newspaper, the German government launched an initiative to help reduce the number of Islamic clerics or imams arriving from abroad.

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The country’s leading Turkish Muslim groups, including the Turkish Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) and National Vision (Milli Gorus), chose not to participate in the establishment of the German Islamic College, with DITIB launching its own training program in Germany last year.

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