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Authorities in Germany have moved to ban a Muslim affiliation primarily based within the central metropolis of Braunschweig, accusing the group of spreading extremist views.
Police additionally launched a number of raids aimed on the Braunschweig-based German-Talking Muslim Affiliation (DMG) on Wednesday morning, which sources instructed dpa additionally included searches of two flats in Berlin.
The Inside Ministry within the state of Decrease Saxony, which incorporates Braunschweig, moved to ban the DMG, claiming it conflicts with Germany’s constitutional democratic order.
“We don’t tolerate associations during which supposed non-believers, ladies and Jews, in addition to our social order as an entire, are often devalued and followers referred to as upon to battle them,” mentioned Decrease Saxony’s inside minister, Daniela Behrens. “The ban on the DMG is a tough blow in opposition to the Salafist scene in Decrease Saxony and past.”
Behrens mentioned that no arrests had been made within the raids, however that property belonging to the DMG had been confiscated.
A report from Decrease Saxony’s home intelligence company in June 2023 alleged that the Braunschweig-based DMG had grow to be a nationwide assembly level for Salafist preachers, and had considerably expanded its on-line presence with content material on YouTube, TikTok, Spotify and Telegram.
“Each week, the appearances of those nationally identified Salafist preachers are additionally made accessible to numerous viewers through the assorted on-line channels of the DMG Braunschweig,” the state’s Inside Ministry mentioned in an announcement on the time.
Based on the ministry, the DMG Braunschweig’s YouTube channel alone had round 70,000 subscribers as of Might 2023.
“The danger of self-radicalization is and stays excessive, particularly in mild of the digital potentialities for info and communication,” the ministry mentioned on the time.
The group’s web site consists of postings for quite a few alternatives geared toward kids and younger individuals. These embrace Koran camps, kids’s camps, youth conferences and research circles.
