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In reply to the discussion: German home schoolers who claimed persecution NOT going to be deported [View all]tandot
(6,671 posts)Germany has religious education in their Public Schools ... first it was catholic and protestant, but they added Islam to it. They coordinate with other religion to educate students in public schools on all the different religion around the world.
Parents have to opt out if they don't want their kids to learn about it. Then they have to attend a class called "Ethics"
According to the article:
Some US legal analysts say it is no surprise the asylum request was denied.
"Germany is a democratic country and it chooses to make attendance in schools mandatory. It offers many choices of school - Christian, Jewish, Muslim, private, public - every imaginable sort," Professor David Abraham, an expert on immigration and citizenship law at the University of Miami School of Law, told the BBC in November.
"What they can't call persecution is the obligation to attend school with other children. That's an important social value that the German legislature has adopted."
I grew up in Germany I find this insulting. I actually found the American public schools refreshing. Keep your darn religion out of public schools. If you want your kids to learn about it (or indoctrinate), do it on your OWN time.
I actually want that family investigated to make sure that there is no physical or sexual abuse going on. That is usually the main reason that parents keep their kids isolated and away from other kids or away from the public.