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Authorities plan exit scheme for Salafists
Published: 22 Dec 12 07:57 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20121222-46931.html
Authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia are the first in Germany to be working on an opt-out and prevention programme for Salafists, with the goal of reaching people before they get involved in radical Islamist groups.
- Salafist video threatens to take German hostages - National (20 Dec 12)
- Muslims call for 'denazification' of state - National (13 Dec 12)
- Bonn bomb scare cops 'hunting Salafists' - National (11 Dec 12)
Freier said his office will work closely together with Muslim organisations to provide ways people can opt out of the groups before becoming too entrenched.
He wants Muslims in Germany to know that the opt out program is about getting out of radical groups and not “getting out of Islam, which we respect.”
His office estimates that the number of extremist Salafists in North Rhine-Westphalia has doubled this year to 1,000. The effort with local Muslim groups comes after attempts at using hotlines to get people to either not join or quit such groups were less than successful.
Militant Salafist groups have been in the news a lot lately. On Thursday such a group released a video calling on followers to take German hostages to free an Islamist now serving a six-year sentence for stabbing two policemen in Bonn in May.
Last week German prosecutors said they believe Islamist extremists were behind a botched bomb attempt at the Bonn train station.
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