November 7, 2015
Posted with permission from dpa German Press Agency
Magdeburg, Germany (dpa) - A teachers union in Germany provoked outrage Saturday after it warned young girls to be wary of Muslim men in a trade magazine, according to a national daily.
The union, based in the central German state of Saxony-Anhalt, called for caution among young students in its editorial which begins with the words: "An immigrant invasion surges across Germany."
The statement was signed by union chief Juergen Mannke and his deputy, Iris Seltmann-Kuke, in the third-quarter edition of its members' magazine.
Culture Minister Stephan Dorgerloch slammed the group for "reinforcing rumours, spreading half-truths" and misusing German values to promote intolerance, he told Mitteldeutsche Zeitung.
State head of The Left party, Birke Bull, called the remarks "borderline hate speech," while Claudio Dalbert of the local Greens alliance said they served "prejudices and the right wing."
Mannke brushed off the criticism and insisted that his comments were not racist.
http://www.wnd.com/2015/11/german-teachers-union-warns-girls-against-muslim-men/?cat_orig=world
