Many States of Germany end cooperation with Erdogan-affiliated Ditib

The government of Hesse in Germany decided to end all forms of cooperation with Erdogan’s Turkish Mosque Association (Ditib). Ditib was responsible for Islamic education classes in schools in Hesse, and this prompted many Germans to submit objection papers to the Ministry of Education in Hesse to protest the presence of an Erdogan organization in their schools.

Education Minister Alexander Lurs said in Hessen that the ministry had terminated the work of the Ditib organization because of the suspicions surrounding it and because of the accusations that it represented Erdogan’s ideology in Germany, “It was not possible to clarify the doubts of Ditib, as being completely independent of the Turkish government,” according to Lors. .

The Minister of Education added that the decisive factor in the decision is the various assessments and advice of experts, with whom the Ministry cooperates, and thanks to whom it has been recognized that “Ditib as an organization does not have independence and contradicts our principles and our definition of independence.”

The Minister affirmed that the religious organization of Ditib is an essential part of the composition of religious organizations in Germany, as it is directly affiliated with the Turkish Religious Authority (Ditib), which in turn reports directly to Turkish President Erdogan.

This means that Ditib does not have the institutional independence he needs to be able to fulfill his mission as a religious organization independently.

Numerous journalistic and political sources in Germany have revealed that Ditib is the main religious hand for Erdogan. And because Ditib is unable to free itself from Turkey’s influence, many German states have reached a decision to end cooperation with them. Earlier, the State of Saxony in the state of Saxony abandoned its cooperation with Ditib in prisons in the state. The Hamburg government also asked the experts to make a general evaluation of Ditib, knowing that the Hamburg government was close to adopting the Ditep ban in its schools.

“The Dettebeum is increasingly directly and directly under the direct influence of the authoritarian regime in Turkey,” said German liberal party member Anna Frolen.

Froelen added that what confirms our words is that the new council of ” Ditib ” organization currently includes three officials from the Turkish religious authority “Diant”. According to the latest press reports, even Diana is cooperating with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, which is responsible for many terrorist attacks in Egypt and elsewhere.

The member of the liberal party indicated that, in the meantime, Turkish officials throughout Germany are working as imams in the mosques of Ditib, without any embarrassment. “This increases the risk of harming democracy through espionage and anti-German actions.”

On the other side, the Minister of Justice in Lower Saxony said the reason for ending cooperation with Ditib is that she was unable to separate herself from the Turkish state’s interventions and directives, and to develop into an independent religious community located in Germany. ”Therefore, the imams who were sent from Turkey and who paid They have the local religious authority working in prisons in Lower Saxony to continue their work on German soil under the wrong Turkish directives.