The Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) was under investigation for several months over its alleged support for Lebanon’s Hezbollah group which is backed by Iran. Hezbollah is classified as a terrorist group by Germany.

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Wednesday that the Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) would be banned for propagating extremism and that its famous “Blue Mosque” was being searched by police.

“It is very important to me to make a clear distinction here: we are not acting against a religion,” Faeser said, but just against a group accused of undermining the German state as well as women’s rights.

The Imam Ali Mosque, known locally as the Blue Mosque, is one of Germany’s oldest mosques and is operated by the IZH.

  • RubberDuck
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    14 months ago

    Ah, if there are some authoritarian psychos to be defended the tankies will roll out in force. This one is extra juicy cause they can accuse everyone of being …phobic and sprinkle on some anti Israël zionist miraca bad at the same time.

    It is good that Iran backed schools of Indoctrination are being shut down. They are given too much leeway anyway.