Handshake-conflict at Berlin school

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Handshake-conflict at Berlin school

In Berlin, an Imam has welcomed a teacher with the Hand on the heart, but insisted on a handshake. Thus Germany now has an escalation as in Switzerland, and a solution is not in sight.

Citing religious reasons, a Berlin Imam: a teacher has refused the handshake. The Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb) reported. The teacher of the private Platanus school in the East Berlin district of Pankow-I dropped out of a conversation because of the son of the Imam, and the father’s lack of respect and misogyny are accused of. The Imam is speaking again now of insult, violation of the Religion and xenophobic discrimination.

The starting point of the confrontation student-scuffles in the schoolyard, according to rbb. The son of the Imam was shown a yellow card, among other reasons, in writing, to be the reason for one of several educational talks with the mother and finally the father. This is a devout Shiite from Eastern Turkey, in Iran’s Qom and Iraq’s Najaf Theo formed logically.

No Willingness To Compromise

When entering the meeting room, the Imam had made Kerim Ucar clear that he could not give for religious reasons-in the Hand of a woman, reports the station. According to the Muslim couple, the dispute escalated. Four Times, the teacher should have asked the clergy, relying on a necessary show of Respect and German customs to continue to reach out to her Hand.

The Imam said to the rbb, he had rejected the request in a friendly, but determined, instead, to the greeting, his Hand on his heart. The teacher, he explained that this gesture was the highest in its Religion possible to show Respect when greeting a woman. The woman did not want to accept, had become loud and had finally declared the conversation at an end.

Termination and criminal charges

The school has not commented on the matter, signaling continued willingness to talk with the family. The conflict of licenses, however, be non-detachably to the station: The family has been terminated according to the report, the institutional contract of their children, a law firm hired, and a criminal complaint.

In the spring, a similar dispute in Switzerland had caused quite a stir. There is a school Board decided in may that students can be forced to hand shock. The guardian could be warned in case of refusal, or with a fine of up to 5000 Swiss francs, occupied, informed the authority. Against the student, disciplinary action could be taken. The decision of the school was in Switzerland triggered a debate about freedom of religion and the Integration of Muslims.

stu/ml (epd, kna, rbb-online.de)