Petition is addressed to: Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin

We are the MedIslam Collective, a working group supported by over 400 medical students at Charité. What we are currently experiencing is an act of institutional discrimination that we would not have thought possible at a cosmopolitan and responsible university.

Following unsubstantiated accusations in the media, the university management is planning to ban our working group. We have already been banned from using university premises without a transparent procedure, without reliable evidence of misconduct and without a fair hearing.

In discussions, we experience a basic attitude of mistrust, intimidation and threats from the university
management. Members of our working group were shouted at, interrupted and their integrity questioned.

In addition, we were put under pressure with the threat of targeted media exposure, a process that for us is tantamount to public prejudgement.

This institutional escalation has real consequences: Since the events became known, we have faced a wave of hate messages, public attacks and even assaults on campus, with no recognizable protective measures from the university administration.

We say very clearly: there is no place for anti-Muslim racism or discrimination of any kind at the Charité - as everywhere else.

We demand:

1. The immediate end to all blanket prejudices and structural discrimination against Muslim students.
2. The immediate withdrawal of the ban on the use of university premises by our working group MedIslam Collective.
3. The refraining from any threats, in particular the threat of public media exposure or other attempts at intimidation.
4. A clear and public statement condemning anti-Muslim racism and any form of discrimination at the Charité, as well as concrete measures to protect affected students.
5. The establishment of a respectful, open and fair dialog with us students, free from intimidation, threats and degradation.