Why the modern German government conducts the policy that prevents assimilation of minorities and inter-ethnic mixing? [closed]

Question

I will name several German policies that make impression the government is striving to prevent inter-ethnic mixing:

• There are lists of permitted names for each ethnicity. One cannot take or give their children a name of their wish which is not listed as permitted.

• All people have their religion registered and the believers have to belong to a church or another religious organization.

• There is a church tax, famously imposed on Christians and Jews but not on Muslims which discourages them from converting.

• When immigrating to Germany (for instance as a Jewish refugee from the former USSR), atheists are not allowed. Each ethnic Jew is required to get registered at a synagoge. Christian Jews are also not allowed.

• Muslim refugees are not allowed to convert from Islam into Christianity in refugee camps, if they violate, they are deported back to their countries.

• To emigrate to Germany one has to prove either German or Jewish blood. Only pre-1991 papers are accepted because some post-Soviet countries allow to change the registered ethnicity according the self-identification. This reminds Nazi Germany where one had to prove their German blood with pre-1871 papers.

Why such policies are conducted?

Answer 1

There is a kernel of truth in most bullet points, but they get distorted through an incomplete understanding of the German system.

• In Germany, children must be given a name of the appropriate gender.
  • Giving a name of the wrong gender or a word that is not a name at all would be considered child abuse.
  • This name may come from any ethnic group, but if the registrar is unfamiliar with the name the parents may be asked to substantiate that it is a name of the appropriate gender. (For instance, in Italy Andrea is a male name, in Germany it is a female name.)
  • German parents can name their son Mohammed if they want, but they cannot name him Aisha or Sarah.

• Some but not all organized churches collect membership fees through the tax office. This requires taxpayers to state their church membership.

  • Note that this is about membership, not faith or belief.
  • Not all Christian and Jewish churches participate in this system, and church membership is distinct from belief.
  • In a similar vein, and not mentioned by you, there is optional religious education in public schools. Only Lutherans and Catholics have anything near complete coverage, other faiths remain special cases.
  • Same for clergy in the armed forces. This may be slowly changing.
  • It is indeed interesting that so far no Muslim church has entered a similar agreement. Getting German Muslims organized that way would greatly benefit their integration.

• Due to the aftermath of WWII, Germany allows immigration by the descendants of ethnic Germans and by Jews from the former Soviet Union. This is seen as a gesture of apology for the Nazi genocide.

  • Other groups will have to go through the normal route, either an application for asylum/refugee status or for an immigrant work permit, followed by naturalization after some years.
  • I'm not aware of any case where conversion by itself has led to deportation. It doesn't stop deportation, however, and it may be seen as a ploy to gain residency status.
    There is a quote by a Bavarian politician that said approximately "the worst is a soccer-playing altar server from Senegal who has been here three years, we'll never get him deported."