Universities in Germany Excluding Christian Groups

Case information
Incident date
Country
Germany
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
  • Morals
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Anti-Religion or Humanism Groups
  • Private
  • Radical Left
Societal Sphere
  • Education
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Other (text field)
  • Discrimination
  • Exclusion (of individuals or ideas)
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly
Place of Incident
  • School
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The climate at Germany's universities has become increasingly anti-religious. The German Student Mission (SMD) collected and documented dozens of cases of discrimination against student-run religious groups, including Christian groups. Discrimination has included denying the groups the use of campus facilities, prohibitions on flyers, and denial of accreditation by student councils. For Christian groups, accreditation has been denied both because "religion has no place on campus" and objections to the groups' moral stances on controversial topics.

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