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Three German universities are to introduce state-funded Islamic study courses, enabling Muslim clerics to receive their full training in Germany, Education Minister Annette Schavan announced on Thursday.
Islamic study centres are to be set up at the universities of Tuebingen, Muenster and Osnabrueck that would offer bachelor programmes in Islamic studies as of next year.
Each centre is to receive 4 million euros (5.5 million dollars) in state funding over the next five years. Schavan said an important aim was to train home-grown Muslim clerics to teach religion at school.