The US-based international online financial platform PayPal terminated the account of al-Mustafa Institute, an Islamic education institute connected to the Iranian regime and based in the German capital, Berlin, in November.
The police chief of the German capital, Berlin, urged Jews and gays to “be vigilant” or even avoid certain Arab-majority neighborhoods in the city, warning many of them contain pockets of antisemitism and residents who harbor support for terrorist groups.
Germany’s ruling coalition and main opposition parties agreed to pass a resolution in the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, on antisemitism that will see the parliament describe Muslim antisemitism as a driver of the problem for the first time.
As part of sweeping changes to Germany’s citizenship law, German media and the country's federal interior ministry announced that individuals who like, comment, or post the pro-Palestinian slogan “From the River to the Sea” will be denied German citizenship.
Germany To Deny Citizenship to Those Who Post or Chant ‘From the River to the Sea’ pic.twitter.com/uwbLhxNRDX
The head of a controversial Islamic center in Germany, who allegedly serves as a representative for Iran’s Supreme Leader, appealed his deportation order after German authorities ordered him to leave the country after the center was shut down for promoting Islamist extremism.
Four men believed to be “Islamic Republic loyalists” were arrested in a western German town for attempting to gangrape an Iranian dissident in an attack that shocked the city, according to reports by the German media.
This is horrifying. An Iranian dissident man was gang-raped in Germany by four men who are believed to be Islamic Republic supporters.https://t.co/gNFyfXSCmw
A deadly knife attack occurred at a crowded festival celebrating the anniversary of a city in western Germany, killing three people and wounding eight others. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the terrorist incident, while German authorities arrested a 15-year-old and a 26-year-old in connection to the incident.
The German government agreed on a draft law on June 26th that would make it easier to deport people for praising or promoting "terrorist crimes," the country’s interior ministry announced.
Under changes made by the German government to the country’s citizenship laws, people applying for naturalization would no longer need to give up their previous citizenship and could obtain it faster, but those applying for naturalization would be required to affirm Israel’s right to exist.
CNN: Germany demands new citizens accept Israel’s right to exist
Around two weeks after they organized a demonstration in Hamburg in April, which included calls for a caliphate to be established in Germany, the Islamist group Muslim Interaktiv organized a new but strictly monitored rally on May 11th, where 2,300 people attended to protest against what they see is censorship against them by the German government.
