Berlin - When the leader of Germany’s Jews spoke out against the flow of Muslim migrants to Europe, a rabbinical student denounced his views as racist - and ignited a debate over whether Jews are right to fear unprecedented levels of immigration from Muslim lands traditionally hostile to Israel.

The student, Armin Langer, was kicked out of the Abraham Geiger College in Potsdam after he wrote that the leader of Germany’s Central Council of Jews was wrong to seek a cap on Muslim immigration. Langer, a founder of an inter-faith group called Salaam-Shalom committed to fostering dialogue between Muslims and Jews, said his community should never cast an intolerant eye toward other minority groups.

“If one minority is treated badly, it won’t be long before all minorities will be treated badly,” Langer, 25, told The Associated Press during an interview in Berlin’s Neukoelln district, home to many Muslim immigrants.

Langer also participated in a small protest outside the Central Council’s headquarters in Berlin, the day after Joseph Schuster told German newspaper Die Welt last November that “sooner or later, we’re not going to get around upper limits (for migrants).”... Read More: VIN