Schäuble: Islamists top threat to Germany
Islamist terrorism "continues to be the greatest threat to stability and security in Germany and Europe," Schäuble said in Berlin.
Didn't they say that islam have nothing to do with terrorism, and those terrorists are anti-islam activists? But no body's perfect.
15 May 08
Presenting the government's annual domestic intelligence report, Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble on Thursday said Islamic fundamentalists posed a bigger threat to Germany than neo-Nazis, anarchists or other extremist groups.
Islamist terrorism "continues to be the greatest threat to stability and security in Germany and Europe," Schäuble said in Berlin.
It is only thanks to hard work from German intelligence services and their partners in other countries that there have as yet been no serious terrorist attacks in Germany, Schäuble said. He said Germany continues to be a target for terrorists because of its growing military engagement in Afghanistan and the strengthening of the terrorist network Al Qaida.
Intelligence services must develop their ability to gather information in order to prevent future attacks, Schäuble said.
The interior minister also said neo-Nazis continued attempts last year to infiltrate mainstream German culture, especially by offering recreational programs for young men. Violent right-wing groups are increasingly operating across national borders, he said.
According to the government report issued Thursday, there were 28,538 politically motivated crimes in Germany last year - a slight decrease over 2006. The report attributed 980 crimes to right-wing groups, a slight decrease, and 833 crimes to left-wing extremists.
The government report tallied 4,400 neo-Nazis in Germany in 2007, an increase of 200 people over the previous year. Some 6,300 potentially violent leftists were tallied in 2007.
There were few substantive changes in Germany's extremist left, Schäuble said, despite the much-publicized rise of the hard-line socialist Left party, Die Linke. Germany's domestic intelligence services have long been monitoring individual members of the party, formed in part from the ashes of the East German communist party.
"We must continue to monitor The Left party," Schäuble said, saying there are extremist elements within the party.
Schäuble continued to reject calls to ban the neo-Nazi NPD party, saying a ban "could result in an outcome opposite to our hopes" and adding that right-wing extremism is best fought on a political stage.
Many argue that banning the NPD altogether could push it underground - making it more dangerous and perhaps even more attractive to people who are disaffected with politics.
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Naseem, you said: "You keep saying muslims are so primative...yet you are obsessed with us....hmm! wonder why that is." You needed wonder Naseem - we are obsessed with you because you are murdering us - oh I know you murder your own kind much more than you murder us, but still we can not turn our backs on you - and, as you say, you can't reveal your address for fear of your own kind - but, why should we trust you Naseem? You are a proven liar - an enemy - to us and your own kind, and, what's worse is you will not answer even one question put to you about your strange and subhuman beliefs - lots of people have tried to communicate with you and all we get is lies - and not even lies that are on subject! Poor Naseem, a proven liar and a person so uniformed about Islam that you think the Koran says your holy suicide warriors will get a handfull of raisins for a reward when they get to warrior heaven. They won't dare complain about it! One does not complain when the God Mars gives you raisins and then waits for you to praise his generosity - Yes, Allah used to be called "Mars" before Mohammad changed his name - you really can't improve upon the perfect God of War no matter how hard you try to be original. But you are a revisionist Naseem - you will only accept a Christian intrepration of the most important passage in the Koran (to the most important worshippers of Allah, the suicide warriors - the best of the best of you all, as you tell us). So, if you wish, you can keep on making a pubic fool out of your silly self, but the cat is out of the bag Naseem, you have been outed as a liar, a Blasphemer, and a person considered to be a hated revisionist by those dangerous Muslims that you fear so much. Do you think we like to see your lying words on this site Naseem? You no longer have our trust - you are a proven liar and all people hate liars except for the followers of Mohammad.