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In the Federal Armed await young Muslim women – Company – News

The armed forces of Germany are increasingly calling into its ranks of naturalized Germans – people from all over the world, especially from the Muslim, which is important for the success of foreign missions.

Currently, almost all military operations in which soldiers the Bundeswehr, are in Muslim countries. The presence in the armed forces of the Muslim soldiers helped to establish contact with local populations and positively affect the safety of German soldiers.

According to Lieutenant Giurgiu Rabbah of the military district of the federal state North Rhine – Westphalia, due to a sharp fall in the birth rate in the German army more and more attracted to their ranks of those citizens who were born abroad, but took German citizenship.

Currently, the Federal Armed serve about a thousand soldiers, Muslim, and trends in demographic indicators suggest that the numbers in the future will only grow.

“Bundeswehr is open. And if the young Muslims and Muslim women freely choose to enter military service, they will receive all necessary information, they help the Board and designate the entrance test,” – he said.

In the Federal Armed done everything possible to take into account the religious needs of Muslim employees there. In the dining menu with pork, while in the barracks are open special rooms for praying. Reaching out to Muslims, Bundeswehr is trying to avoid mobilization for service in the month of Ramadan, when the faithful abstain from food and drink from dawn till dusk.

Since 2001, the Federal Armed and women can serve. Currently in the armed forces of Germany are serving 13 thousand representatives of the weak sex, that is 7% of the total Army. They also have a few Muslim women, the Deutche Welle.

Senior Sergeant Narima one of them. Narime 29 years old, her parents hail from Morocco, but she was born and growth in Germany. Narima speaks five languages and considers himself a Muslim faithful.

It is currently preparing for the next shipment to Afghanistan. Senior Sergeant Narima as a Muslim helps to establish contact with the local population, which ultimately depends the success of the operation.

“Last year I was in Afghanistan in areas Kundus, and I was fairly easy to communicate with local residents, especially the Afghan women,” – she said. According to her, when the Afghans know that she was Muslim, it opened its doors.

According to observers, the growing number of Muslims among the Bundeswehr recruits may result in the need to adapt military uniforms. While Narima vest in hijab only if it is necessary for the job. “If wearing scarf is for me the meaning in terms of tactics or military action, I put it, and none of the senior did not say that this is wrong,” – she said.

Walking service in the armed ranks, Narima considered acceptable to use some relief with regard to compliance with the post. “Religion allows for some exceptions to the post, because you can not carry all the physical work at all without food and drink,” – she said.

The German army is becoming more multinational, and this является не только знаком времени, но и необходимостью в эпоху глобализации.

“If we serve migrants from those countries where we go on the job, we can learn a lot thanks to him,” – said Lieutenant Ulrich Kirsch, a representative of the Association of the Federal Armed Forces. “We can count on their cross-cultural experience,” – he stresses.