bni store oct 30 2016 german <u+2018>gestapo<u+2019> considers prosecuting parents who refused to allow their son to go on a field trip to mosque parents of a german teenager may face a trial for refusing to pay <u+2018>truancy<u+2019> fine after refusing to allow their son to go to a local mosque on a school field trip out of fear that it would lead to his indoctrination by muslim leaders. rt the story broke in mid-june, when parents of a 13-year-old student opposed the idea of their son visiting a mosque in the northern german town of rendsburg, reportedly organized as part of a geography class. <u+201c>what a trip to the mosque has to do with geography classes?<u+201d> arthur dent asked. others compared the authorities<u+2019> actions to the darkest part of german history, with one user tweeting: <u+201c>visiting mosques is a top priority under our regime, similar to having a fuhrer<u+2019>s image in everyone<u+2019>s flat.<u+201d> in a letter to the class teacher quoted by the ndr, the teen<u+2019>s father argued that his son would be <u+201c>indoctrinated<u+201d> in the mosque. he went on to say that <u+201c>for years we have been hearing reports about religiously-motivated violence connected with islamic people.<u+201d> the parents<u+2019> lawyer, alexander heumann, argues that they refused the school trip out of fear for their son<u+2019>s <u+201c>bodily safety.<u+201d> denying any faith-based motives, he emphasized that the couple do not belong to any religious group, and are of the opinion that <u+201c>nobody shall be forced into a sacred place against his good will.<u+201d> heumann himself, however, is a former member of the alternative for germany party, an anti-immigrant political group, and was a participant in setting up the <u+2018>dugida,<u+2019> a dusseldorf-based branch of the far-right pegida movement. according to the ndr report, the parents met the lawyer through the <u+2018>pax europa<u+2019> movement, a civic group which opposes the perceived <u+201c>islamization of europe.<u+201d> a local education authority subsequently fined the couple a total of <u+20ac>300 ($328). when the parents opposed the fine, their case was forwarded to peter mueller-rakow, a local prosecutor, who will decide whether or not to proceed with a court trial.
german <u+2018>gestapo<u+2019> considers prosecuting parents who refused to allow their son to go on a field trip to mosque
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