Police launched dawn raids across Germany on Tuesday on about 190 mosques, flats and offices linked to an Islamist group after the government banned the organization, accusing it of radicalizing youngsters. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the DWR "True Religion" group had persuaded about 140 people to join militants in Iraq and Syria. DWR, also known as "READ!" made no reference to the raids on its website and did not immediately respond to a request for comment. De Maiziere said it had several hundred members. Pictures showed masked police officers carrying away computers and files from properties. Chancellor Angela Merkel has come under pressure to harden her line on security after several attacks claimed by Islamic State across Europe, including a bombing and a knifing in Germany that wounded some 20 people in July. She is also under fire for letting in about 900,000 migrants, mostly Muslims, last year. Some Syrians in Germany say many mosques here are more conservative than those at home, and that they are confronted by Muslims who insist on a literal interpretation of the Koran. Last month, a Syrian committed suicide in prison after he was arrested on suspicion of planning to bomb an airport. His brother and friends have said he was "brainwashed" by ultra-conservatives imams in Berlin. ADVERTISEMENT The Bundesverfassungsschutz domestic intelligence agency estimates that there are about 40,000 Islamists in Germany, including 9,200 ultra-conservative Islamists known as Salafists, Hans-Georg Maassen, who leads the agency, told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday. "There are about 500 people that the police consider dangerous," he said. "We remain a target of Islamic terrorism and we have to assume that Islamic State or other terrorist organizations will carry out an attack in Germany if they can." De Maiziere said Tuesday's raids in 10 German states were the biggest crackdown on any group since the government shut down a movement known as Kalifatstaat (Caliphate State) in 2001, accusing it of extremist activities. He said DWR had distributed Korans and other religious material especially to young people, but this was not the reason for the ban. "Today's ban is rather directed against the abuse of religion by people propagating extremist ideologies and supporting terrorist organizations under the pretext of Islam." Maassen said the ban - which had been carefully prepared to ensure it could not be overturned by the courts - could prompt large numbers of people to withdraw from the Salafist scene, or at least reduce their missionary work. "The decisive issue now is that the evidence has to be examined to understand how the organization funded itself and who else was behind it as supporters and financiers, so that we can take additional measures," he told Reuters. He said there was evidence that a foundation in Bahrain had paid for Korans used by the group, but did not name the foundation and gave no further details. DWR members have tried to hand out material in German town centers to passers-by, often holding banners or wearing garments with the word "READ!" emblazoned in gold. The ban means they are now prohibited from running such campaigns. Fears about the number of migrants entering the country have boosted support for Alternative for Germany (AfD), a populist party that says Islam is incompatible with the constitution and has siphoned off support from Merkel's conservatives. A spokeswoman for the interior ministry said there was no indication that DWR was planning attacks itself. Overall, some 820 people have left Germany for war zones in Syria and Iraq, and officials fear they may pose a security threat on their return. Source..Reuters.

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The wisest thing for any country seeking peace and justice to do. It takes guts to do that. Congrats to germany

TI1919:
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for terror

op no source

Only God knows what is written on that book called Quoran because it radicalises people of different race call it

black

white

coloured

India

Chinese

Hispanics

Arabs

Good riddance to bad rubbish

Na my business?

Abeg when this maga go pay na? Make una help me ask am to pay o before I vex quit

Nice one

Don't know why they went this extreme

Christianity is a religion of peace

littlewonders:
Don't know why they went this extreme

I think I answered that questiond in another thread. Here's the excerpt:

...Nationslistic ideal/movement is sweeping through the major countries of the world as we speak. The first was UK while the second is the US. But watch out, the move will rock Europe in the coming weeks.

With your eyes wide open, mass movements will rise in places like Netherland, Germany, France etc, and with one voice their will be a deafening call for referendum and exit from the EU [and huge support for anti-immigration policies]. I doubt that even the Pope will be able to stop what's coming to Europe.

And guess what? That same spirit of nationalism is what's driving IPOB.

And that's why, to the utter bewilderment of the onlookers, you see Igbos celeberating whenever that spirit of nationalism triumphs in other countries.

okosodo:
The wisest thing for any country seeking peace and justice to do. It takes guts to do that. Congrats to germany

LOL

Angela Merkel brought it upon herself the day she allowed one million Jihadist masked as refugees into her country

21Savagw:




[s][color=#770077]Crusades, Slavery, Racism, Etc etc...Fvck outta here with your gay god.[/color[/s]]

Demons rule your life

Pidgin2:


Demons rule your life

You didn't refute any of his allegations

21Savagw:




Crusades, Slavery, Racism, Etc etc...Fvck outta here with your gay god.

I think you have taken this too far seriously,