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Another demonstration by the Islamist organization Muslim Interaktiv in Hamburg will be allowed to proceed, less than two weeks after an earlier demonstration caused a national uproar in Germany. Hamburg's police chief Falk Schnabel said on Wednesday that the group's planned demonstration called for Saturday will be subject to strict conditions by authorities. Muslim Interaktiv is classified as an extremist group by the German authorities. Schnabel said that police intensively examined options for an outright ban on the group's demonstration, and reviewed footage from the group's previous demo...
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Hundreds of people took to the streets in Hamburg on Saturday to protest against Islamism and anti-Semitism and in support of the liberal values of Germany's democratic constitutional order. The demonstration in Hamburg was planned as a counter-rally to a march organized by Islamists last week which caused nationwide outrage. Participants in the Islamist march had made calls for a caliphate. The caliphate as a form of rule originated after the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 AD and refers to a system based on Islamic law. As the representative of Muhammad, the caliph acts as both a religi...
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Polish police have detained a 16-year-old boy suspected of having thrown a Molotov cocktail at the historic Nożyk Synagogue, a police spokesman told the Rzeczpospolita newspaper on Thursday. The motive behind the Wednesday attack on the only Warsaw synagogue to have survived the Nazi onslaught during World War II, remained unclear. The suspect refused to make a statement. On Wednesday, the Israeli ambassador to Poland, Yacov Livne, published a photo on X, formerly Twitter, showing burn marks on the Nożyk Synagogue in the centre of the city. "Outrageous anti-Semitic attacks such as this can not...
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The head of the Bavarian opposition party in the German parliament, or Bundestag, has called for tough consequences following a demonstration in Hamburg in which speakers called for an Islamist caliphate to replace German democracy. "Anyone who wants to introduce sharia [strict Islamic law] in Germany and declare a caliphate is an enemy of our democracy," Alexander Dobrindt, the head of the Bundestag's faction for Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU), told the Bild newspaper. "The state must confront them with consistency and rigour," he said. More than 1,000 people attended the Hamburg rall...
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The head of the Bavarian opposition party in the German parliament, or Bundestag, has called for tough consequences following a demonstration in Hamburg in which speakers called for an Islamist caliphate to replace German democracy. "Anyone who wants to introduce sharia [strict Islamic law] in Germany and declare a caliphate is an enemy of our democracy," Alexander Dobrindt, the head of the Bundestag's faction for Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU), told the Bild newspaper. "The state must confront them with consistency and rigour," he said. More than 1,000 people attended the Hamburg rall...
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Police have launched an online portal seeking tips about an arson attack on a synagogue in the northern German city of Oldenburg last Friday that prompted widespread outrage. An incendiary device was thrown at the front door of the synagogue. Two janitors at a neighbouring cultural centre discovered the fire and extinguished it. No one was injured, but the perpetrators managed to escape and have not been identified. Police investigating the crime announced the portal for tips on Thursday, and added that videos and photos could also be uploaded to the site. A reward of €5,000 (about $5,400) has...
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Hundreds of people took to the streets in Oldenburg to show solidarity with the German northern city's Jewish community following an attack on a local synagogue earlier this week. Police are investigating after an unidentified perpetrator threw an incendiary device against the synagogue's door on Friday afternoon. A fire broke out but was quickly discovered by caretaker staff of a neighbouring cultural centre who put out the flames. No one was injured, but police are still searching for suspects. Some 400 people took part in Sunday's rally organized by an Oldenburg alliance against anti-Semiti...
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An incendiary device was left at a door of the Oldenburg synagogue in the northern German city of the same name on Friday, the police said. No one was injured in the attack on Friday afternoon and the perpetrators have not yet been identified, a police spokesman said. A caretaker from a neighbouring cultural centre discovered the fire immediately and extinguished the flames. One door was damaged. The police are searching for the perpetrators with a large contingent, and state security is also investigating. "I condemn this attack on a Jewish place of worship in Oldenburg in the strongest possi...
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An incendiary device was left at a door of the Oldenburg synagogue in the northern German city of the same name on Friday, the police said. No one was injured in the attack on Friday afternoon and the perpetrators have not yet been identified, a police spokesman said. Someone discovered the fire immediately and extinguished the flames. One door was damaged. The police are searching for the perpetrators with a large contingent, and state security is also investigating. "I condemn this attack on a Jewish place of worship in Oldenburg in the strongest possible terms," said the head of the Oldenbu...
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Eight Muslim worshippers were arrested in Jerusalem on Friday after morning prayers at the Noble Sanctuary, also known as the Temple Mount, Israeli police said. The Israeli citizens are suspected of expressing support for terrorism and terrorist organizations. The suspects are four residents from the Arab-dominated eastern part of Jerusalem and four people from the north of Israel. Arab Israelis make up around 20% of Israel's almost 10 million inhabitants. The police statement said it was regrettable that Israeli citizens would misuse religious occasions and holy places. Their behaviour also h...
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