German state near Berlin bans Islamic centre, citing Hamas ties

September 12, 2024   

(DPA) Brandenburg’s Interior Minister Michael Stübgen (CDU) has banned an Islamic association outside of Berlin, saying it is associated with the Muslim Brotherhood and the terrorist organization Hamas and promotes anti-Semitism.

Stübgen, in a statement released on Thursday, also said the Islamic Centre Fürstenwalde al-Salam opposes the constitutional order.

The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist movement founded in 1928 in Egypt, is banned there.

Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist militia group which started the current Gaza war after it invaded Israel on October 7, is the Brotherhood’s branch in Gaza.

“The ban is now being enforced by police,” explained a spokesman for the ministry. The group’s premises in Fürstenwalde, about 80 kilometres south-east of Berlin, and private residences in Brandenburg and Berlin are being searched.

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