April 13/ May 8 This spring, Salafi activism and reactions to it have been at the centre of public attention in Germany. At the end of April, the “Read the Koran” initiative took place: Salafi activists distributed free copies of the Koran to passers-by in several German cities. The event has triggered a…
April 18 The Federal Ministry of Interior Hans-Peter Friedrich (CSU) has rejected the proposal of the Interior Minister of Lower Saxony Uwe Schünemann (CDU) to include the issue of Koran distribution by Salafist activists in the agenda for the upcoming Islam Conference. Since the beginning of April, Salafist groups have been distributing free copies…
Mohamed Merah, the alleged murderer of Toulouse was last year at a Salafi conference held in Catalonia. State Information Services alerted France counterparts about the visit and now the Spanish police are looking for what kind of connections and relationships Merah had with Spanish and European Salafists. Islamist experts now insist that Al Qaeda is…
La Razon – 31 March 2012 Police forces explained to La Razon that Salafism is implemented in Catalonia. According to police source, Imams of this branch of Islam lead three mosques in Barcelona and Terrassa, whose leader Abdeslam Laarusi will surely be charged with inciting violence against women.1 In Tarragona Salafi Imams alone control five…
Telemadrid, the public television of Madrid, has been condemned by a judge for having asserted, with no evidences, that the imam of an Islamic community had ties with terrorism. The television shall issue a public correction stating that the imam “does not preach Wahhabism nor Salafism, has never had contact or connection with al-Qaeda, has…
