Co-leader Joerg Meuthen and chairwoman Frauke Petry sit on the podium during AfD (Alternative fuer Deutschland) federal party congress on November 28, 2015 in Hanover, Germany. | Nigel Treblin/Getty Images Far-right Germans call to ban circumcision and minarets

The far-right Alternative for Germany party wants to restrict the religious practices of Muslims and Jews in Germany, according to a draft of its manifesto.

The draft, seen by Bild, says the circumcision of boys should be banned because of "serious violations of fundamental rights."

Circumcision on religious grounds, it says, violates human dignity and disregards the basic rights of young boys.

The newspaper also reports that Alternative for Germany (AfD) wants to ban minarets and the muezzin — the call to prayer — as they are “in opposition with a tolerant coexistence of religions," which is practiced by "modern Christian churches."

Neighboring Switzerland voted in 2009 to ban the construction of minarets.

On a less religiously sensitive note, the party wants German state broadcasters ARD and ZDF to "finance themselves" as private companies from 2018.

The manifesto will be finalized at an April 30 party congress in Stuttgart.

The AfD has been polling strongly ahead of Sunday’s elections in Baden-Württemberg, Saxony-Anhalt and Rhineland-Palatinate, and is on course to overtake the Social Democrats in second place in the latter.

It already holds seats in five of 16 German regional assemblies, though it is not part of any regional government.

This article was updated to correct the number of seats held by AfD.