German police investigate kindergarten cook for serving pork to Muslims
Bremen city council fires kindergarten cook and reports her to police for serving pork out of racism. Local religious leader calls it a "tragic incident.".
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The public administration of the Bremen nursery school network received a warning from an anonymous person stating that a cook had served pork to Muslims. The administration's reaction was immediate: to dismiss the cook without notice and report the case to the police. Now, the State security service is investigating whether it can accuse her of anti-Muslim racism.à. The investigation seeks to clarify whether it was an error or whether the cook endangered the Muslim children for racist reasons. According to Image, it is not recorded that the worker was detained.
Immediate reaction and official apologies
In addition to dismissing and reporting the cook, the council informed the child protection authorities, the parents' council and the centre's families; it closed the kitchen and hired an external catering service until the facts were clarified.
The general director of the chain of nursery schools issued a statement to publicly apologise to the families and renew the commitment to keep Muslims away from pork. The official states that “The welfare of children and the trust of families are our highest priority. We offer our sincere apologies for the error. We place great importance on respecting religious and cultural dietary customs.”.
It is a «tragic incident».»
The president of the Shura Bremen Islamic Religious Community, Murat Celik, He described the case as a ’tragic incident.“ and warned that it has caused a loss of trust among the Muslim families in the centre. In remarks to the online magazine IslamiQ, Celik said that serving pork to children is “a serious matter from a religious perspective.”.
It is still not known whether any Muslim child ended up eating pork.
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