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| Berlin criminalizes Islamic State-linked 'Fussilet' mosque activity, sends police to raid 24 sites |
| 2017-03-01 |
| [DeutscheWelle] More than 400 coppers took part in raids linked to the mosque. Prosecutors have launched criminal investigations into the association's activity, which is suspected of being a meeting point for radical Islamists. Berlin's office of the interior banned the mosque association known as "Fussilet 33" on Tuesday. The organization is suspected of being a meeting point for radical Islamists, prosecutors said. Anis Amri, a Tunisian national who launched an attack on a Berlin Christmas market in December that left 12 people dead and dozens more injured, frequented the mosque, according to authorities. Last week, authorities in Berlin jugged ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... three men suspected of links to the self-proclaimed "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.... " (IS) turban group in an anti-terror raid. Police said the men had visited the mosque operated by the association. Police raided 24 locations across Berlin early Tuesday morning with more than 400 law enforcement officers participating in the operation, local authorities said in a tweet. Authorities closed the mosque following raids last week. The mosque has been under surveillance since 2015 for its suspected links in recruitment activities. It had also raised donations to support terrorist attacks in Syria. Counterterrorism measures Banning the association means that the group is formally disbanded and can no longer rent mosques for their activities. Germany has taken proactive measures to curb terrorist threats and tackle radicalization following the Berlin attack. The measures include launching dozens of raids across the country and proposing legislation to detain foreign nationals suspected of Lion of Islam activity who have been denied residency, a precursor for deportation. According to Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, more than 500 individuals have been classified as a potential threat in Germany, of which roughly half of them are non-German nationals. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 alan c - when trump was elected i was full of hope. Now Flynn got replaced by McMasters, no. |
| Posted by: anon1 2017-03-01 18:03 |
| #3 exactly, crusader. And they are theocrats. They want their literalist interpretation to be implemented as law |
| Posted by: anon1 2017-03-01 18:02 |
| #2 Do you think we'll ever see raids on mosques in the US? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-03-01 10:44 |
| #1 They're not "radicals"--they're *literalists*. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2017-03-01 10:40 |