AfD on equality and diversity

The AfD rejects quota rules. In its view, quotas for women devalue women's achievements and are themselves a form of discrimination.

The AfD is against quotas for women. A quota sets how many women must get a position. The AfD thinks quotas are unfair. Women and men should choose their path freely.

Women and men should be free to choose their life path without facing social disapproval. The platform calls equal rights a major value anchored in the constitution. At the same time, it demands appreciation for traditional ways of life.

The AfD wants to prohibit gender-inclusive special characters at the state's schools and universities and in official school letters. The generic masculine or naming both forms would be mandatory.

The AfD wants to ban gender-inclusive language at schools and universities. Signs like the gender star would no longer be allowed there. The short spoken pause would also be banned. People must use the male form or name both forms.

The ban would cover special characters that do not follow spelling rules. The generic feminine would also be inadmissible in speech and writing. The spoken gender pause, the glottal stop, would be prohibited as well. In academia, too, the AfD rejects gender-inclusive language as interference with language culture and wants to promote German more as a language of teaching and research.

The AfD rejects what it calls the Islamization of towns and municipalities. Local residents should decide whether mosques or minarets are built.

The AfD wants local people to vote on new mosques. This also goes for minarets. A minaret is the tower of a mosque. The AfD does not want Islam to gain more influence in towns.

The platform links the demand to preserving regional culture, traditional townscapes and local clubs. It says freedom of religion finds its limits in the legal order. The party ties participation in society to integration.

The AfD rejects gender-inclusive language and wants public agencies and public broadcasters not to use it. Official letters should be clear and easy to understand, and dialects should be preserved.

The AfD is against gender-inclusive language. Public offices should not use it. Public broadcasters should not use it either. Letters from offices should be easy to read. Dialects should stay.

The party sees ideologically motivated changes as an impoverishment of language. Public administration should also avoid trendy words taken from other languages. The platform treats regional dialects as part of historical and cultural identity.

The AfD wants to ban headscarves in public institutions. It justifies this with the protection of children and young people and regards the Islamic headscarf as a sign of oppression.

The AfD wants to ban headscarves in public institutions. Schools are one example. The AfD says this protects children and teens. The AfD sees the headscarf as a sign of oppression.

In the party's view, a headscarf requirement that is sometimes practiced disrupts young people's free personal development. The platform distinguishes the headscarf from the crucifix and the kippah, which it classifies as purely religious symbols. It says the headscarf stands for sexualization and hinders a self-determined life.