The German ruling party Christian Democrats Union (CDU) has called for more rules governing Islam in the country.
The CDU lawmaker Jens Spahn said that Germany needs an "Islam law" to regulate Muslim religious communities and ensure that what is being preached in mosques around the country is "transparent," quoted DW.
Spahn added that sermons in mosques should be given in German language.
The executive committee of Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU, told the Funke Media Group on Thursday that authorities "had to know what happens in mosques," saying that Muslim sermons in German would help diminish prejudice.
In an interview with DW, Spahn cited the example of Austria as a precedent: "The Austrians have had an Islam law since imperial times, and there things function better. We could learn from them."
He called for German tests for imams, saying that many of the preachers who delivered sermons in German mosques came from abroad, could not speak German and were paid by other countries.
Spahn in the same interview demanded that mosques be registered, saying that authorities "did not know how many mosques there are in Germany, where they are or who finances them."
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