[DAILYCALLER] A moderately prestigious university in Germany has instituted a religious code of conduct in response to complaints about Muslim students The University of Hamburg is the site of the new set of religion-related rules, reports Times Higher Education, a London-based education news website. The 42,890-student university is the first in Germany to institute such a code.
The University of Hamburg’s executive board determined that the religious code of conduct is necessary after receiving numerous complaints. In addition to the bathroom flooding and the loud library praying, people described as “external Salafists” have demanded that female Muslim students wear veils on campus, according to school president Dieter Lenzen.
“To date, there have been no complaints about Buddhist students, just a few about Christian students, but a great many about Muslim students,” Lenzen also said, according to Times Higher Education.
Muslim students have been “disturbing university life,” Lenzen said.
The University of Hamburg’s new religious code of conduct — released in October — forbids students from
The code also outlaws “discrimination against male or female visitors by dividing the room according to sex/gender” in the school’s Room of Contemplation, an area reserved for religious observance.
Prior to the implementation of the new code, and without permission from school officials, some Muslim students at the University of Hamburg had installed a curtain separating men and women for prayers in the Room of Contemplation.
Another part of the religious code of conduct formally allows campus restaurants to ignore requests for food items “in line with religious dietary guidelines and restrictions.”
Still another code section states that students cannot request time off for religious festivals and holidays. Students must “bear the consequences” if professors don’t want to make special accommodations.