Germany

Law Enforcement

German police swoop on ‘Islamic State’ finance network Police in Germany have carried out raids on the financing network of the so-called 'Islamic State' terror group, arresting several suspects.

May 31, 2023   

(Deutsche Welle) Prosecutors in Karlsruhe on Wednesday said more than 1,000 federal and state police were involved in raids across several states on an alleged terrorist financing network. Seven suspects were arrested on suspicion of collecting donations and forwarding them to the so-called “Islamic […]

Christians

Germany: Syrian Islamists arrested for bomb plot against Swedish church During the searches of the brothers’ residences, German authorities discovered bomb-making chemicals, including a package of urea fertilizer and hydrogen peroxide.

May 25, 2023   

(European Conservative) Authorities in Germany have arrested two brothers, both Syrian nationals, on suspicion of planning to carry out an Islamist terror attack on a packed church in Sweden, a joint press release by state and federal police and the public prosecutor’s […]

Context

Two terrorist suspects arrested over ‘Hezbollah activity’ in Germany Prosecutors allege two men with Lebanese nationality are members of banned Iran-backed group

May 10, 2023   

(National-UAE) Germany on Wednesday arrested two suspected members of Hezbollah for their alleged involvement with the Iran-backed Lebanese group. Lebanese citizen Hassan M and German-Lebanese dual national Abdul-Latif W are accused of organising Hezbollah activities in northern Germany. They were held on […]

Context

Berlin rally turns antisemitic despite police ban The Berlin police had banned calling for Israel’s destruction and showing flags and signs of terror organizations before a May 1 rally by far-left groups.

May 2, 2023   

(Jerusalem Post) Activists of the Israeli government-designated terrorist NGO Samidoun chanted antisemitic and anti-Israeli slogans at the far-left “revolutionary May 1st demonstration,” according to a video taken at the rally published on Twitter by the German Jewish organization Jüdisches Forum (JFDA). This […]

Demonstrations

Berlin police ban pro-Hamas signs, Israel flag burning during May Day rallies Weeks after antisemitic demonstrations in German capital, strict rules announced ahead of left-wing gathering

May 1, 2023   

(Times of Israel) Two weeks after a Berlin rally in which protesters called for the death of Jews, police in Germany’s capital announced a ban on signs supporting Palestinian terrorist organizations and on calling for Israel’s destruction during far-left demonstrations on Monday […]

Context

Berlin bans protests of terrorist NGO after calls of ‘death to Israel’ A protest including chants of 'Death to Jews' and 'Death to Israel' was organized by Samidoun, a Palestinian NGO that is classified as a terrorist entity by Israel.

April 15, 2023   

(Jerusalem Post) The authorities in the city-state of Berlin banned protests on Saturday and Sunday, organized by the Israeli government-designated terrorist NGO Samidoun that aids Palestinian terrorists. This was reported by the Berlin newspaper BZ on Friday. A police official said: “According […]

Demonstrations

German protesters call for ‘death to Israel’ and ‘death to Jews’ in Berlin The reportedly antisemitic march unfolded in two Berlin neighborhoods with large Muslim presence, Kreuzberg and Neukölln, and centered on the current controversy on the Temple Mount.

April 10, 2023   

(Jerusalem Post) Israel’s Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor slammed a rally of mainly five hundred German Muslims who on Saturday blasted calls for the obliteration of Israel and Jews in Berlin. Prosor wrote on Twitter in German: “These idiots abuse Germany’s freedoms […]

Crime

Germany debates tougher deportation rules A deadly knife attack on a German regional train has triggered a debate on deportation laws and their application. The suspect, a Palestinian, was living in Germany despite his criminal record.

January 31, 2023   

(Deutsche Welle) Two weeks ago, a knife attack shook Germany when a man traveling on a regional train headed for Hamburg randomly stabbed passengers, killing two of them. The alleged perpetrator, 33-year-old Ibrahim A.*, was known to the police, as he had multiple prior convictions […]

Law Enforcement

Germany: 2 killed, several injured in train knife attack Two people have been killed and seven wounded in a knife attack on a train in Germany. The attack took place in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein that borders Denmark. A young man is in police custody.

January 25, 2023   

(Deutsche Welle) A man with a knife killed two people and wounded seven more on a regional train running from Kiel to Hamburg on Wednesday. A suspect was arrested at a small train station in the town of Brokstedt soon after the […]

Academics & Education

Immigrant children must only speak German at schools, conservative lawmaker says Mario Czaja faces criticism over his controversial statements, immigrant organizations say speaking mother tongue is a fundamental human right

January 13, 2023   

(Anadolu) A conservative lawmaker sparked criticism by suggesting that immigrant children must only speak German in schoolrooms, corridors and in the playground. Mario Czaja, secretary general of the Christian Democratic Union, claimed that many immigrants are poorly integrated into society due to […]

Law Enforcement

Is Islamist terror a threat to Germany? The arrest of two terror suspects once again raises questions about the scope of the terrorist threat to Germany. It also brings back memories of the 2016 Christmas market attack.

January 12, 2023   

(Deutsche Welle) The most recent arrest of two terror suspects in Germany has raised the specter of Islamist terror in Germany — despite intensified efforts to prevent such an attack in recent years. Two men had intended to kill “an unspecified number of people” […]

Legal

German court opens trial of suspected ‘Islamic State’ member A 37-year-old German woman is accused of crimes against humanity for her time with the so-called 'Islamic State.' Nadine K. is accused of 'enslaving' a Yazidi woman in Syria and Iraq.

January 11, 2023   

(Deutsche Welle) A court in the western German city of Koblenz on Wednesday began the proceedings against a German national accused of assisting the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) terrorist group in Syria and Iraq. What do we know so far about the […]

Government & Politics

Germany: No toxins found in anti-terror garage searches German police have searched two garages in connection with a suspected planned bioweapon attack. A top official has meanwhile criticized Germany's reticence in using the internet for intelligence gathering.

January 9, 2023   

(Deutsche Welle) Police searches of two garages used by a terrorist suspect in the western German town of Castrop-Rauxel on Monday failed to uncover any hazardous substances, according to authorities. “We have found nothing in the end that can be used as […]

Health & Medicine

Germany: Bavaria train attacker handed 14-year jail sentence The 28-year-old pulled a knife on four passengers on a high-speed train in the southern state of Bavaria last November. The trial focused on whether his attack was motivated by Islamic extremism or schizophrenia.

December 23, 2022   

(Deutsche Welle) The man who carried out a knife attack on a German high-speed train was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Friday. A court in Munich found that Abdalrahman A. was culpable despite claims he was mentally ill at the time. […]

Interfaith

Iran’s IRGC responsible for antisemitic attacks in Germany — report German security sources believe that the IRGC is contracting people in Germany to carry out attacks on synagogues.

December 1, 2022   

(Jerusalem Post) German state security sources on Wednesday accused Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of contracting state-sponsored terrorism against German synagogues in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and spying on the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. According to […]