The decision has divided people on social media, with some people saying that the measure shows that “humanity doesn’t exist.”
“I see this as an abuse of power of the director, who has his own racist attitudes towards Muslims,” one person wrote, while another added: “Welcome to the dark ages!”
“Why can’t they pray? And in this, a country as deeply religious as Germany, which has become as open and tolerant as we are today,” one Facebook comment stated, as cited by DW.
“So much for the lie of religious freedom and its practice,” Islamische Nachrichten wrote on Facebook.
However, there were those who supported the ban, saying that the school is “a neutral place for studying.”
“[Those] Who wanna pray, please privately or in church / mosque whatever...” one person wrote, while another added: “Very good! Schools should be neutral in every way. Teaching on religion is okay, but not practice [of religion]”.
“School is a secular place, prayers have basically nothing to do with it”, “This is a school and not a mosque or a missionary facility!” other comments said.
One woman wrote that she was a former student of Gymnasium John Rau which is a “very tolerant school”.
Wuppertal branch of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has praised the measure on Facebook, calling it an “interesting and, in our opinion, sensible initiative by the school management”.
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