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| Frankfurt Mosque Video Violent, Police Say |
| 2004-07-17 |
| Frankfurt police confirmed that a video seized during a raid at a mosque is violent and glorifies war. Separately, authorities searched another Islamic group in Cologne on suspicion it was being used by extremists. "What is shown on the video is in our view inciting people," Liebeck said in a radio interview Thursday. "It shows how corpses are glorified and the Holy War exalted." The video with degrading images surfaced following a raid in a Frankfurt mosque and Moroccan cultural center on Sunday. Police seized computers, videos and documents. The particular violent video was apparently the basis for the search. Liebeck said the video was bought by someone, who claimed he purchased it in the Al-Taqwa cultural center. "We heard about it and took that as the basis for our decision to conduct a raid," Liebeck said. The police spokesman stressed it was not illegal in Germany to own the video, but it is unlawful to disseminate such material. The raid of the al Taqwa cultural center located near the main railway station in Frankfurt on Sunday involved around 120 policemen. Prosecutors said earlier that the raid occurred after a 9-year-old student told her teacher that she and other children were shown violent videos during their Islamic class. They called for a "holy war against non-believers," including one featuring a beheading, according to the student. |
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