"What is especially alarming is the invitation sent to representatives of the Moslem Brüderbund to attend a seminar recently held in Cologne
...the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth populated city in Germany....
," he said.
"The group adopts positions that cannot be reconciled with the requirements of the German constitution. Therefore, the state must be vigilant in this regard," he is quoted by DW to have said.
Also a prominent member of the European Parliament for the Christian Social Party of Bavarian, criticized the efforts of
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...under his influence.
The member of the Green Party, Jim Ozdemir, also criticized the Cologne seminar, saying it "shows that President Erdogan is continuing to extend his arm in Europe."
’FOREIGN INFLUENCE’
German government commissioner for religious freedom, Marcos Grobel, also rejected the "Foreign political influence on Moslems who are living in Germany."
The Union, based in Cologne, is under the supervision of the
In the past years, the Union received funds from various German state funds, within projects that work to prevent radicalization among Moslem youth.
The Federal Government has already confirmed that it has reviewed the existing support mechanism and has not approved new requests for support from the Union since 2017.