German authorities launched a nationwide crackdown Thursday on an ultraconservative Islamic organization, raiding homes, meeting halls and mosques, while banning one related group and opening in an investigation of two others.
Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said he had banned the Salafist organization Millatu Ibrahim, saying it has been calling on Muslims to fight against Germany's "constitutional order."
The raids, conducted by 850 police officers in seven of Germany's 16 states, focused on two other groups — DawaFFM and DWR — to determine whether evidence exists to ban them as well. DWR's initials are the German abbreviation for "The True Religion.
Friedrich said a "comprehensive collection of evidence" had been seized — videos, laptops, cellphones and other items. "All these things will be evaluated over the coming days, and we will see to what extent the evidence is sufficient to ban the two organizations which are being investigated," he said.
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