German police have launched a nationwide crackdown on a group of radical Islamists known as Salafists.<br /><br />Officers raided 70 properties in Berlin, Cologne and other cities.<br /><br />There are some four thousand Salafists in Germany. They adhere to a hardline interpretation of Sunni Islam.<br /><br />German authorities believe one Salafist group wanted to establish an Islamic caliphate under Sharia.<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
