German police have raided 190 sites in 10 states in a massive operation against Salafist activists who have been distributing Korans along with their own propaganda. The organising group, the TWR ““True Religion”“:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/world/europe/germany-bans-true-religion-islamist-group-and-raids-mosques.html?_r=0 has been banned. It is thought to have several hundred members, and is believed to have recruited some 140 young people to fight in Syria. <br /><br /> Its leader, the Palestinian-born Ibrahim Abou-Nagie who lived in Germany for 30 years, is now believed to be based in Malaysia and setting up a new group there. Germany tried to prosecute him in 2012, but failed.<br /><br /> Oberhassprediger Ibrahim Abou Nagie radikalisiert Kinder und Jugendliche und vergiftet ihre Seelen. pic.twitter.com/KkdrEhTl5J— Ismail Tipi (@Ismailtipi) September 6, 2016<br /><br /> The raids were in mosques, offices and private homes, and was the biggest operation of its type since the 2001 shutdown of the Kalifatstaat extremist group.<br /><br /> “With today’s ban we are giving a clear signal. There is no place in our society for radical extremists who are willing to use violence. Here, we are drawing a clear line to also be able to protect the peaceful Islam in Germany,” said Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere.<br /><br /> Germany has banned five other organisations accused of having Islamic extremist-jihadi aspirations since 2012, but De Maiziere stressed the ban was on the group and its propaganda, not the distribution of the Koran in general or translations of it.<br />
