Jurisdiction of the German State in a multicultural society under special consideration of the administrative case-law and constitutional jurisprudence

Abstract

The article presents the contemporary Germany as a multicultural society in which the conflicts on the religious or moral background are often solved by a legislature and courts. The largest religious and ethnic group are Turks, therefore the problems, which actually appear the most frequently, are connected with the Islamic injunctions or with the activity of Islamic religious associations. The article elaborates on the three selected issues: bans on activity of Islamic religious associations, prohibition to wear Islamic headscarves by teachers in public schools and the statutory authorization for the circumcision procedure which does not have to be conducted by a doctor.