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| Germany moots ‘mosque tax’ to replace foreign funding |
| 2019-05-14 |
| [DAWN] Support is growing in Germany for a "mosque tax" to make Islamic institutions less dependent on potentially anti-democratic or "radical" foreign funding sources, a media report said on Sunday. The federal government sees it as "a possible path", according to an answer to a parliamentary query, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported. Several of Germany’s 16 states had also signalled support in principle for the idea which would mirror Germany’s voluntary Christian "church tax", the newspaper said. Concern has grown in Germany about the influence of foreign funding sources on mosques for the country’s estimated five million Moslems, who hail mostly from ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and Arab countries. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 The church tax has led to church establishments that, unaccountable to their faithful, do what they please--which turns out to be following the spirit of the age. I'm not sure what the effect of funding the Muhammadan clergy would be. It might be to turn them into effective atheists, like their Christian counterparts--in which case clandestine foreign-supported mosques would become popular with the faithful, or they might turn just as radical as the Saudi mosques. I kind of doubt that the Germans can use this to control Muhammadan teaching. |
| Posted by: james 2019-05-14 23:14 |
| #3 because it will offend the POS. they control germany now. |
| Posted by: chris 2019-05-14 09:19 |
| #2 Why not? They tax nearly everything else. It's only fair! |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-05-14 06:49 |
| #1 only fair since you tax jews and christians, they will never do it though |
| Posted by: chris 2019-05-14 06:26 |