Press Release

“We are confronted with another attempt to render Muslim life in Europa impossible”, said Bekir Altaş, secretary general of the IGMG. Behind it is an opinion presented by Athanasios Rantos, Advocate General of the ECJ, on two employment-related cases from Germany. According to the Advocate General, an employer could permit the wearing of smaller religious symbols and forbid larger ones like the headscarf.

“In many European countries, religious freedoms – especially those of Muslim minorities – become more and more restricted. We watch these set-backs with great concern”, the IGMG’s secretary general Bekir Altaş said.

“One year after the gruesome Hanau murders, many questions still remain unanswered. That hurts and puts the victim’s trust in the rule of law to a severe test – especially in Hesse”, said Bekir Altaş, secretary general of the IGMG.

Kemal Ergün, chairman of the Islamic Association of Millî Görüş (IGMG) has called on the International Community to stop China’s genocidal policy towards the Uyghur people which could “no longer be denied”.

Regarding the terrible living conditions of refugees in Bosnian and Greek camps, Bekir Altaş, secretary general of the Islamic Association of Millî Görüş (IGMG) called on European countries to “base their refugee policies on morals and dignity – not vice versa.”

After the Kassel criminal court had delivered a sentence in the murder case of district president Walter Lübcke, IGMG secretary general Bekir Altaş lauded the judgement as “appropriate”.

Bekir Altaş, secretary general of the Islamic Association of Millî Görüs had words of praise for the judges of the Federal Constitutional Court: “The trust of Muslims in the constitutional state had time and again been put to the test by judges whose sentences were heavily influenced by political discourse. Good to know there are still instances that act in compliance with the law.