Berlin / PNN /

 Germany today, Wednesday, banned the Islamic association “Inter Aktiv,” announcing the seizure of its assets and conducting searches of two other Islamic associations.

According to a statement from the German Interior Ministry, seven properties in Hamburg were searched this morning, and twelve properties in Berlin and the state of Hesse, as part of preliminary investigations into the associations “Generation Islam” and “Realitaet Islam.”

Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said in the statement: “We will respond with the full force of the law to anyone who calls for a caliphate on our streets, incites hatred of Israel and Jews in a way that cannot be tolerated, and despises the rights of women and minorities.”

At a demonstration on 27 April organised by Inter Aktiv, banners reading “The Caliphate is the solution” were held aloft. The speeches at the demonstration called for the establishment of a caliphate as the solution to social problems in Muslim countries.

The organisation Inter Aktiv, founded in 2020, had been under surveillance by German security authorities, who consider it close to the banned organisation Hizb ut‑Tahrir, outlawed in Germany since 2003.

In July 2024 Germany banned the Islamic Centre in Hamburg and raided its branches, describing its mission as “unconstitutional,” and stating that the centre and its affiliated organisations support Hezbollah and “spread aggressive antisemitism.”