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The new school hopes to produce imams that understand the German context and who can cater to Berlin’s large Muslim community in the German language.A new school to train Islamic clergymen opened in Berlin last month, the first of its kind in the German capital.
The project is the brainchild of Institut Buhara, an organization founded by a group of Muslims linked to the Sufi branch of Islam.
The move comes amid growing frustration by Muslims who have grown up in Germany at what they are learning from imams who generally come from outside the country and rarely speak German.
"Imams carrying out their work here lack the requirements needed for the future of Islam in Germany," said Ayhan Cosgun, deputy chairman of Institut Buhara.
The first 29 students began their six-year training course in March. In all, the school has the capacity for 68 students.
Located in Karlshorst, a suburb in the former communist eastern part of the city, the three-storey school has met with a mixed reaction from locals.
"Some people will have to get used to the idea of living with a different culture," Andreas Pruefer, the local councillor in charge of planning issues, told the newspaper Der Tagespiegel.
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