A
prominent German architect has said to better integrate migrants,
demolish churches and build very “visible” mosques in their place.
Interviewed in Die Tageszeitung, Joaquim Reinig said he believes
Hamburg needs to build more mosques. He said mosques “actively
integrate” migrants who the authorities can’t reach.
The newspaper asked the architect if he really thought mosques would
help migrants integrate rather than just “perpetuate their ancestral
way of life”. He replied that in order to properly integrate people in
a foreign country, migrants must “have no fear”. This should be done,
Mr. Reinig thinks, by building very “visible” mosques.
This
comes after a report this month revealed that half of Turks in Germany
regard Islamic law supreme over German laws and that young people are
the most devout.
“The visible minaret in modern architecture is a message to the
migrants: Do not fear having to lose your identity in this society,” he
said.
[...]
“The desire to become a German citizen and the activation of their
faith ran parallel,” he told the co-operative owned, left-wing
newspaper. This comes after a report this month revealed that
half of
Turks in Germany regard Islamic law supreme over German laws and that
young people are the most devout.
[...]
“There are 42 Muslim communities in Hamburg,” Mr. Reinig told the
paper, “and they lead a normal life — they are far from
terrorists.”
Earlier this month, four Syrians were arrested for plotting
France-style suicide bomb attacks and mass shootings in Germany. The
country’s justice ministry revealed they are currently investigating
more than 180 terror suspects in Germany with links to Islamic State.
[The
Full Sharia]