25/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - The personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Ömür Orhun has expressed deep concern about the recent decision by the Authorities in Baden-Würtenberg, Germany, to submit a special questionnaire to Muslims applying for German citizenship. The OSCE representative, who said that this a questionnaire might be considered an affront to the dignity of people, violating their human rights and also discriminating against them, has contacted the German authorities to seek clarification on the practice, but has not yet received an explanation that he considered “sufficient”. He hoped that the Baden-Würtenberg authorities would reconsider the questionnaire, which “violated international norms and constitutional order”. (MEPs have also expressed their astonishment at these new rules.)