Some people also carried posters with slogans such as “Khilafah is the solution” and “Germany, the dictatorship of values”.
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Hamburg: A rally was held in the German city of Hamburg, which has been called ‘Islamist’. According to officials, its organizers belong to a group that has been classified as extremist.
German Interior Minister Nancy Fesser has urged police to crack down on crimes committed during political protests.
His statement came after a rally in the German city of Hamburg, which has been described as ‘Islamist’. A report by the German news agency DPA said that “more than a thousand Islamists” participated in the rally and that although the gathering was peaceful, those present claimed that Germany was Seen in ‘Anti-Islamic Policies and Media Campaigns’. Some of them also carried posters with slogans such as “Khilafah is the solution” and “Germany, a dictatorship of values”.
“It is difficult to see this kind of Islamist demonstration on our streets. It is a good thing that the Hamburg police have deployed a large number of officers there,” Interior Minister Feser said in an interview with the German newspaper Tagus Spiegel. of.”
He added that the “red line” of the protection of the right of assembly and freedom of expression in Germany “must be clear”. These rights, he said, should not allow “Hamas’ terrorist propaganda and anti-Jewish hate speech.”
Nancy Feser said that if such “crimes” were committed at the protests, there should be “immediate and forceful intervention” by the authorities.
The German Interior Minister said that since the banning of the militant organization Hamas and Samiuddin Group in the country, the security authorities are also monitoring other Islamist organizations.
He said security officials are also keeping an eye on other groups that are extremists and “recruit Islamists”. Among them are the organizers of Saturday’s demonstration.
According to Hamburg authorities, the people who registered the demonstration in advance according to German law have links to a group called ‘Muslim Interactive’, which has been classified as extremist by the country’s intelligence agencies.