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January 16, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63793-2003Jan16.html

Germany Bans Islamic Group Linked to Neo-Nazis

(Washington Post) An Islamic group accused of spreading violent anti-Semitism on German university campuses and establishing contacts with neo-Nazis was outlawed Wednesday, the third such ban of an extremist organization since the adoption of new anti-terrorism legislation in Germany following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S. Hizb ut-Tahrir, or the Party of Liberation, was accused by German officials of advocating the destruction of Israel and the killing of Jews. The group's recruitment efforts centered on young Muslims, raising the specter of the formation of new groups such as the student-led Hamburg cell that spearheaded the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. "The organization is still more dangerous in that it has also sought contact with the far-right," Interior Minister Otto Schily said.

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