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| Germany waking up to Hizb-ut-Tahrir threat |
| 2004-09-26 |
| Very few Germans have heard of it, but there is a case slowly working its way through the administrative courts that could strongly influence Germany's strenuous and popular efforts to deal with what officials consider a threat from Islamic militants living here. The case has been filed by Hizb ut-Tahrir, or Party of Liberation, an Islamic group with members in many European countries. Its overriding objective - if far-fetched - is to unite the entire Muslim world under a single caliph, or supreme theocratic leader, reviving a system that has not existed since the early decades of Islamic history. While the group freely operates in several European countries, with its largest membership, its supporters say, in Britain, it was banned two years ago in Germany by the interior minister, Otto Schily, who accused it of "spreading violent propaganda and anti-Jewish agitation." The group is seeking to overturn that ban in Federal Administrative Court in the eastern German city of Leipzig, which reviews decisions by government ministries. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #6 Jame. Kieth Laumer would have caught the Fargo reference.... if he were still alive. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6656 2004-09-26 6:29:48 PM |
| #5 Jame, I'll type slowly for you: K i l l . A l l . T e r r o r i s t s . N o w . |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-26 3:01:19 PM |
| #4 referring to the woodchipper scene in Fargo IIUC |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-26 1:57:39 PM |
| #3 Huh?? Needle? Fargo? What the . . . |
| Posted by: Jame Retief 2004-09-26 1:54:21 PM |
| #2 Zenster: If we go through any more 9-11 or 3-11 atrocities, it may need to become an E-Ticket for the needle. Fargo. But while alive. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-09-26 1:34:25 AM |
| #1 The case has been filed by Hizb ut-Tahrir, or Party of Liberation, an Islamic group with members in many European countries. Its overriding objective - if far-fetched - is to unite the entire Muslim world under a single caliph, or supreme theocratic leader, reviving a system that has not existed since the early decades of Islamic history. That sort of agenda should be a one way ticket to jail or deportation. If we go through any more 9-11 or 3-11 atrocities, it may need to become an E-Ticket for the needle. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-26 1:21:49 AM |