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An Official Germany Islam like there is an Official German Lutheranism would be a great help in Germans feel safer with Muslims. I'm surprised the German Government has allowed German Islam to be effectively controlled by the Turkish Government for as long as it has. (Though I guess Turkey wasn't all that concerning until the Erogan era)

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Absolutely. But that includes the German National Concept incorporating Islam as on par with Christianity and Non-Religiousness. And since discussing "German National Concept" has been a taboo since 1945 (more or less) the developments in this regard are premature to say the least.

That a foreign nation runs Churches in a sovereign state is really laughable. It's of course always a means of political influence and thus what Saudi Arabia and Turkey does is directly comparable to what the Catholic Church did until the "Papal States" were dissolved.

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