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Raids Launched Nationwide, Salafist Group Banned

June 15 2012

Germany

The German government has banned a radical Salafist Islamist group and begun an investigation into two others, reports Deutsche Welle.

Police also carried out related raids in more than 70 locations, reported the Indian Express.

The Millatu Ibrahim network, based in Solingen in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, was banned for opposing Germany's constitutional order and endangering the public peace, Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich told reporters on Thursday. ...

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