German politician calls for bar on foreign mosque financing

A senior figure in one of Germany's governing parties called Wednesday for a law that would prevent foreign financing of mosques in the country, ABC News reported.

Andreas Scheuer, the Christian Social Union's general secretary, argued in an interview with the daily Die Welt that "political Islam" undermines efforts to integrate people in Germany.

He said the country should draw up an "Islam law," arguing that financing of mosques or Islamic kindergartens from foreign countries such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia must be stopped, and that "all imams must be trained in Germany and share our fundamental values."

"German must become the language of the mosques," he added, arguing that "Europe must cultivate its own Islam."

Source: MENA