Germany - Turkish Politician Demands Crucifix be Removed From German Courtroom, Calling it a "Threat" to Non-Christians.(HLN).Google translate.
After the start of the NSU trial a Turkish politician has demanded that the Upper Regional Court in Munich remove the crucifix from the court room. The Christian symbol was an infringement against the principles of the secular state, said Mahmut Tanal, according to press reports on Tuesday.
The cross was also a "threat" for all non-Christians, he said with reference to the Muslim relatives of the Turkish NSU victims. Therefore the crucifix must disappear "immediately". Tanal belongs to the secular opposition party CHP and was a member of the six-person parliamentary delegation from Ankara which was present in the court chamber on Monday at the opening of the trial.
The politician endorsed the suspicion that had previously been voiced in Turkey, that the so-called National Socialist Underground was supported by forces in the German state apparatus. When a gang could kill eight Turks and one Greek in different German cities with the same weapon without being detected, it meant "state forces lay behind it," said Tanal. Without the protection of forces in the German security establishment the NSU would never have been able to act in this way undisturbed, he added. For already a long time in most German states no longer display crucifixes in courtrooms, but in Bavaria is still common.In Bavaria, a large part of the population is traditionally Catholic.read the full story here.
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