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. 
