Some Basic Issues in the Formation Process of Islamic Religious Course in Germany

More than half a century has passed since the first guest worker immigration wave to Ger- many, and Muslim presence in Germany has now expanded to four separate generations. Since the early 2000s, the number of Muslim students attending German public schools has reached 700 to 900 thousand. In the face of this socio-demographic reality, it is dis- cussed how to give this lesson rather than the necessity of an Islamic religion course for Muslim students. When the issue is considered closely, it is seen that the subject of Islamic. religious courses in Germany is intertwined with multidimensional problems. These have long been one of the most prominent agendas of the academic community, politics and the public. The aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive overview of some of the main controversial issues in the process of the formation of Islamic religious courses in Germany. These topics include; the interlocutor religious community, the content of the course, the language of the course and the teacher of the course. At the end of the study, it is concluded that although there are some developments in Germany on the way to a re- gular constitutional Islamic religious courses, there are still many problems to be solved