Via The BBC: ‘Germany Bans Three ‘Anti-Democratic’ Islamist Groups’

Full piece here.

“Salafism, as represented by the groups banned today, is incompatible with our peaceful, democratic system,” Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said in a statement.

“DawaFFM, Islamische Audios and An-Nussrah aim to change our society in an aggressive way so that democracy is replaced by a Salafist system and the state of law replaced by sharia,” he went on.’

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