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December 28, 2005
Germany: Islamic Association Is Banned
Reuters and XinhuaNet and Deutsche Welle report that the German state of Bavaria has banned the Islamic group the Multi-Kultur-Haus (MKH), after investigations into its office in Neu-Ulm.
Bavaria's interior minister, Guenther Beckstein (pictured below right) released a statement, which said that the offices were raided today (Wednesday) and seized a number of items, including instructions for manufacturing explosives, and material uring Muslims to fight coalition forces in Iraq.
Previously, the statement affirmed, security officials had seized literature which showed the group's radical nature, such as a book from their library which urged Sunni muslims to "execute the Christians and the infidels".
Other examples of the group's extremism included an audiocassette exhorting: "Oh worthy ones, oh friends of love, send us bombs to kill the Jews with. No to the Jews, no to the Jews!" and also a CD glorifying the "jihad" rebellion in Chechnya.
The group's account in Stuttgart has been frozen. MKH had been raided initially in January on suspicion of forming a terrorist organisation, when 14 individuals had been arrested. The group were again raided in February for suspected business offences. Individuals were deported in February and June. As the group is based in Neu-Ulm, Bavaria, the state ban has effectively declared it closed down, for the present at least.
The International Herald Tribune states: "Khaled al-Masri, a Kuwait-born German citizen who is suing the CIA for allegedly spiriting him to Afghanistan, has said he visited the (MKH) center several times before he was snatched."
Reuters reports that in another state in Germany, Lower Saxony, the state interior minister has suggested electronically tagging the local Islamist extremists.
Speaking to Die Welt newspaper, Uwe Schuenemann said: "This would allow us to monitor the roughly 3,000 Islamists who are prone to violence, hate preachers and fighters trained in terrorist camps."
"It's practical for all Islamists who are prone to violence and who we can't expel to their home countries because they could be tortured," he suggested. "If they leave these areas, there would be a warning signal."
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at December 28, 2005 7:00 PM
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