The Faculty of Applied Sciences of the University of Hamburg is the first academic institution in Germany to have a Code of Conduct for the exercise of faith in a university environment, in class, in laboratories, or in everyday situations. The increase in the number of students from different religions, with habits and precepts that may be in conflict with University regulations and duties, or with legal restrictions, has started a debate around the following questions: are female students allowed to wear a veil during exams? Should lessons be scheduled after Muslim prayers? Can one pray and speak loudly during a seminar? Can one proselytise even with unorthodox methods? Since these topics may be a source of conflict, an academic Committee consisting of ten professors from various disciplines has drawn up a “Code of conduct for religious practice”. According to University Rector Dieter Lenzen, the central question is: “How to deal with the issue in everyday life?” because the Code “should regulate respectful and peaceful coexistence in the practice of different faiths”. Philosophy Professor Birgit Recki, for instance, highlighted how the preaching of a Salafi leader during Friday prayer was “a conflicting religious practice” just as “the aggressive behaviour of school agents” who wanted to force female Muslim students to wear the veil. According to the president of the University Students Committee, Franziska Hildebrandt, “it is not just about people of the Muslim faith”: it is about all religious manifestations that can only be celebrated in the so-called “space of silence” established ten years ago and open to all.