Islam is not welcome in Germany, anti-immigration party says

Germany’s far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD) says Islam is not welcome in Germany and religion is not compatible with the constitution as the anti-immigration party also proposed banning minarets and burqas.

The call was made on Sunday at the party’s conference with members backing an election manifesto that says Islam is not compatible with the constitution while also supporting a call to ban minarets on mosques and the burqa.

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The party which was set up three years ago has been buoyed by Europe’s refugee crisis, which saw the arrival of more than one million, mostly Muslims, in Germany last year.

The party has no MPs in the federal parliament in Berlin but has members in half of Germany’s 16 regional state assemblies.

Opinion polls give AfD support of up to 14 per cent, presenting a serious challenge to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and other established parties in the lead-up to the 2017 federal election.

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