in full view of Television cameras Germany's police raided this mosque in Hamburg the German government has decided to shut down one of the country's largest and oldest mosques the Blue Mosque in Hamburg and ban the Nationwide Shia Muslim organization that runs it the Islamic Center of Hamburg each due to allegations of religious extremism and to the terrorist group Hezbollah the German government says it's a front for Iran the interior Ministry says the organization has five subdivisions in 53 locations across Germany we have footages of the action in full what the Prime Minister said about this
and we will let you know everything that happened in today's video so if you've not already subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell for upcoming updates now pay close attention it is now certain that the Islamic Center Hamburg acts and is directed against our constitutional order that is why we are applying one of the sharpest weapons of our law to ban this organization this is a further consequent step against islamist extremism it is very important to me to make a clear distinction we are not acting against a religion Germany has shut down one of
the country's largest and oldest mosques and ordered a ban on the Nationwide Shia Muslim organization that runs it for religious extremism dozens of police raided hamburgs Blue Mosque on Wednesday morning as well as 53 other properties across Germany in one of the most significant crackdowns on political islamism in the country in years the interior Ministry said it was formerly Banning the Islamic Center of Hamburg and its Affiliated organizations for preaching totalitarian rule aggressive anti-Semitism and support for the terror group hisbah three other mosques in Berlin Frankfurt and Munich have also been raided and closed the
it propagates an islamist totalitarian ideology in Germany said interior Minister Nancy faser this islamist ideology is directed against human dignity against women's rights against an independent Judiciary and against our Democratic state it is very important to me to make a clear distinction we are not acting against a religion we clearly differentiate between islamists against whom we take tough action and the many Muslims who belong to our country and live their faith Iran's foreign Ministry summoned the German ambassador to Teran to condemn the Hostile action and warned about the consequences of such destructive actions which they
said exemplify a clear case of islamophobia according to the official news agency Ina Iran conveyed to Germany that the measure could incite religious and sectarian tensions the ministry added the ick which did not respond to a request for comment has previously denied accusations of extremism it was one of the most prominent Shia organizations in Germany and a founding member of the central Council of Muslims in Germany but the group has come under mounting scrutiny in recent years with growing calls for it to be shut down as a result of its Hardline religious Doctrine and links
to extremist groups outside Germany the blue mask itself has been monitored on and off by German domestic intelligence since 1993 and in 2017 was forly designated by security authorities to be an instrument of the Iranian regime the attack by Hamas on Israel in October last year has prompted a zero tolerance clamp down by the German government which has been a pains to assert its support for Israel and Jewish life and Jewish life in Germany and rebuke criticism that it has been idle in tackling domestic religious extremism investigations into the each began last November when police
searched each properties and confiscated evidence intelligence agencies and police concluded the organization was extremely conspiratorial and had carefully work to craft a false image of Tolerance while working intensively and steadfastly in secret to promote an Islamic revolution in Germany the interior Ministry said tensions between security authorities and many German Muslim groups remain high amid a marked uptick in anti-semitic hate crimes across the country anti-semitic incidents Rose 83% in in 2023 according to the government's independent commissioner but Berlin has also come under Fire for adopting a heavy-handed approach to policing opinion around the war in Gaza
and sometimes failing to fairly distinguish between legitimate criticism of Israeli government policy and racial hatred Sabine doring Germany's Junior Minister for higher education was forced to resign last month after her Ministry started exploring legal options to defund the research of German academics who had signed a public letter to critising a police Crackdown on anti-israeli student protests the shutdown of the Blue Mosque and ban on the each represent a significant escalation of the German government's efforts to combat what it sees as religious extremism within the country's Muslim communities while the government maintains that this is not
an attack on Islam or Muslims in general the move has nonetheless sparked condemnation from Iran and raised concerns about potential sectarian tensions as the debate the appropriate balance between security and civil liberties continues this case will likely have lasting implications for the relationship between the German state and its Muslim citizens what are your thoughts on this should the UK do the same as Germany has done share with us in the comment section below don't forget to subscribe to our channel for upcoming updates
