F ourteen Muslim imams have been deported from the southern German state of Bavaria since November last year. The latest imam to be sent out of the country is an Egyptian who was sent home by the Bavarian authorities July 26. Bavarian Interior Minister Guenther Beckstein claimed the imam was deported after he was proved to be inciting hatred and violence in his religious sermons in the Islamic center in the city of Nuremberg.
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The imam was placed aboard a plane to Cairo at Munich airport Monday, July 25, Beckstein said in a statement.
He claimed that the deportation of the imam, who was pending arrest since July 15, was a success to the security authorities in dealing with what he termed "hatred-inciting preachers". The deportation was the latest step of measures taken by the European countries against what they term "inciting preachers" following the London terrorist attacks, which left 56 people killed and more than 700 wounded.
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The Bavarian interior minister also maintained that there are new 19 deportation orders being prepared against what he termed "extremist Islamists".
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The southern state of Bavaria has been the scene of crackdown measures against Muslims due to policies adopted by Beckstein, known for his anti-Muslim stances, according to IslamOnline.net correspondent. Following the London bombings, Beckstein had called for drawing up a "double strategy" to tighten up monitoring what he termed "extremists". He had also proposed planting spies inside mosques, censoring sermons and monitoring Muslim organizations using tiny cameras. Since a new immigration law was put into force in January, the deportation drive has been given an impetus, primarily targeting tens of Muslims. Days after the law went into effect, German states hurriedly prepared lists of thousands of Muslim immigrants -- whom the German authorities dubbed as suspects -- for immediate deportation. |