Brussels-Berlin: Europe and the Arabs
German police searched 54 buildings in 7 states as part of an investigation into the Islamic Center in Hamburg (IZH), which is considered an extension of the Iranian regime. The Ministry of Interior announced this Thursday morning. An investigation is underway against IZH, which could lead to a ban on the organisation.
Interior Minister Nancy Wieser (SPD) said the IZH had long been under surveillance by the BfV internal security service and had been classified as Islamist. “At this time, at a time when many Jews feel particularly threatened, we will not tolerate Islamist propaganda, anti-Semitic or anti-Israel hatred,” according to what was reported by the Belgian News Agency and published by the media in Brussels, which was interested in what is happening in the neighboring country, Germany, and added. The center is considered an extension of the Iranian regime, which congratulated the extremist Palestinian movement Hamas for the massacre that took place in Israel and described it as “a turning point in the continuation of armed resistance.” According to the Ministry of the Interior, the security services suspect that the IZH supports the activities of the pro-Iranian Lebanese Hezbollah, whose activity is banned. In Germany.
Complete control
Police searched homes in Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, and North Rhine-Westphalia. In a statement by the ministry, the activities of the IZH organization, which is responsible for the Imam Ali Mosque in Hamburg, appear to be “aimed at spreading the revolutionary concept of the Iranian Supreme Leader, which may conflict with the constitutional order.” “In Germany and the idea of understanding between peoples.”
According to the ministry, the Internal Security Service not only has the activities at the Hamburg mosque on its radar. But it also assumes that the IZH “has significant influence over, or even complete control over, some mosques and organizations.” It is said that an anti-Semitic and anti-Israel attitude can often be observed in those circles.