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| Two imams arrested in Ibiza over suspected links to ISIS |
| 2016-10-26 |
[ELPAIS] Two imams have been incarceratedInto the paddy wagon wit' yez! in Ibiza on suspicion of supporting the so-called Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS) terrorist group. The men, both Moroccan nationals, were based at the island’s Masllid al Fath mosque, where they radicalized and recruited people to the jihadist cause with children among their prime targets, according to a statement from Spain’s Interior Ministry. One of the men had already been arrested in 2010 for beating students with a cane during a class on Arabic culture at the mosque, the local daily Diario de Ibiza reports. The courts went on to ban the use of canes or other similar objects during such classes at the place of worship. The two suspects have been detained for alleged glorification of terrorism and indoctrination of potential recruits. Investigators say the men had publicly and repeatedly expressed their support for ISIS on social media platforms. One of the men had used his Facebook account to spread ISIS propaganda, including videos and links to radical publications, the Interior Ministry said. The men, who live in the Ibiza municipality of Sant Antoni de Portmany, began to increase their online presence in 2012 during the series of revolts across the Middle East known as the Arab Spring, according to the ministry. That online activity coincided with a massive rise in the number of foreign combatants travelling to Syria and Iraq to join the ranks of ISIS. Their arrest brings up to 156 the number of suspected jihadists detained in Spain since 2015. Investigators in an operation carried out by Spain’s Civil Guard under the direction of the High Court are now focusing on the analysis of data retrieved from electronic devices belonging to both men. Spain’s Interior Ministry noted that the assistance of Moroccan secret services had been a "key" factor in the arrests, which come after two other operations targeting jihadists in early October. Two earlier raids In one of those operations, Spanish police working in partnership with Morocco’s security forces arrested four Moroccans, two in Spain and two in the North African country. All four were allegedly members of radical cells working in conjunction with each other under ISIS coordination. |
| Posted by:Fred |