Four Muslim students demanded the implementation of Islamic rules in their school, in North Rhine-Westphaliaincluding the use of headscarves and gender segregation in classrooms.

According to reports of the West German public broadcaster WDR, the students suggested to the administration of their school in the city of Neuss that Sharia be imposed as a school regulation. Muslims should be able to leave their class early for Friday prayer, female students should wear headscarves and be in separate classes from their peers, while gender segregation should also apply in swimming class, not only for the students, but also for the teachers, the four boys, who explicitly stated that they reject democracy, are reported to have said. Some of them even presented themselves as Sharia “policemen” and made remarks about “bad Muslims”, while, as pointed out in the report, similar incidents had also occurred last year and a police investigation is underway, in consultation with the state government, the federal Ministry of the Interior and the Constitution Protection Service.

The Minister of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia, Herbert Royle, said that the school in question has submitted a request to be included in the prevention program for radical Islamists and for this reason has invited a specialist scientist. However, according to the police report, the scheme did not work.