Point of view : Religious education or Islamic Studies

The subject of Islamic Studies has been test run at 130 schools in North Rhine-Westphalia region, Germany. The studies means to get information about Islam. It is different between Islamic studies and religious education, the religious community said that the education is given from the believer.The religious community determines the contents and teaching staff if under state supervision, however Christian religion still the most important of their faiths to the next generation in an objective form which suitable for the schools. To get equalize treatment in teaching religion, the Islamic organizations have been trying to get respect of the rights guaranteed by the Basic Law of The German constitution which aim is to prevent the state interfering the religious affairs.

In Lower Saxony, the subject of Islamic Studies has been changed to Islamic Religious Instructions and the curriculum was developed co-operatively by school administration and Islamic organizations.The respective person in Osnabrück had the agreement rights that still no decisions yet but he's supporting the demand of the activities , like Jews and the Greek-Orthodox had their own religious instruction which the communities exists and smaller than Muslim believers, he said.