German police in raids across 10 states

German police yesterday carried out sweeping raids across 10 states in a probe against an Islamist group suspected of propagating hate and inciting 140 youths to fight alongside jihadists in Syria and Iraq, reports AFP.
The group called The True Religion (Die wahre Religion) is now also banned, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said. “Across the country, jihadist Islamists came together in this group named The True Religion,” he said.
“Under the pretext of promoting Islam, under the pretext of supposedly harmless distribution of translated versions of the Koran that took place in pedestrian zones, hate messages were propagated and young people radicalised,” added the interior minister.De Maiziere noted that after participating in the Koran distribution campaign organised by the group, “140 young people travelled to Syria and Iraq where they joined the fight with terrorist groups”.

 

German police in raids across 10 states

German police yesterday carried out sweeping raids across 10 states in a probe against an Islamist group suspected of propagating hate and inciting 140 youths to fight alongside jihadists in Syria and Iraq, reports AFP. The group called The True Religion (Die wahre Religion) is now also banned, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said. Across the country, jihadist Islamists came together in this group named The True Religion, he said. Under the pretext of promoting Islam, under the pretext of supposedly harmless distribution of translated versions of the Koran that took place in pedestrian zones, hate messages were propagated and young people radicalised, added the interior minister.De Maiziere noted that after participating in the Koran distribution campaign organised by the group, 140 young people travelled to Syria and Iraq where they joined the fight with terrorist groups.