The most recent decision from
Germany
is
10 C 19.09, a decision rendered in
Germany
by the
Federal Administrative Court
on
Dec 9, 2010, involving an applicant from
Pakistan. A brief summary of the facts
of the case is:
Pakistani member of Ahmadiyya community fears of not being able to live his religious beliefs upon return fearing abuse and imprisonment because of his religion. With the decision the court referred several questions for a preliminary ruling on persecution for reason of religion to the CJEU. The Federal Administrative Court essentially aims at clarifying whether there is a core of the freedom of religion and whether only a grave violation of this core would constitute persecution. The court further wants to know what exactly constitutes persecution in "religion cases" and whether there are also religious practices that the applicant can reasonably be asked to abstain from.