Milli Görüs: wolves in sheep’s clothing

aug 07

The Islamic Association of Milli Görüs is Europe's largest 'radical' Islamic religious association, monitored by the Office of the Protection of the Constitution

Almost two million Turks live in Germany (Photo: viernuliver/ Flickr)

Nese Gündüz is in her mid-thirties. She's a friendly lady, discreetly made up and framed by a light-coloured headscarf. Both her daughters attend the after-school homework class which is organised by the Milli Görüs mosque in the Nippes area of Cologne. Enrolling her children at a German after-school club has never entered her mind.

'There is a lot which isn't educationally right in German schools,' she explains. Due to religious reasons, her daughters are not allowed to participate in sports or swimming lessons, or to attend children's birthday parties. They’re certainly not allowed to learn poems from the school curriculum which describe Christian traditions.

300,000 European members