Hamburg’s Blue Mosque was closed. Did politicians react too late?
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Hours before Hezbollah rockets kill twelve children in the Golan Heights, the Islamic Center Hamburg, which is said to have supported Hezbollah, is banned. The mosque was considered the most important religious center for Shiites in Germany and had close ties to Iran. The ban was ordered by Federal Minister of the Interior Faeser after evidence emerged of the center’s involvement in radical Islamism and support for Hezbollah. The closure of the IZH sparks discussions about religious freedom and how to deal with Islamist associations in Germany.
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Muslims pray on the street in front of the closed Imam Ali Mosque, popularly known as the Blue Mosque. Police cordoned off the footpath in front of the mosque.
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Hours before Hezbollah rockets killed 12 children on a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on Saturday afternoon, Hamburg a man is laying out his prayer rug on the sidewalk in front of the magnificent building of the Imam Ali Mosque, known as the Blue Mosque. A week ago he would have done this inside, but now the mosque is closed. Police officers are standing in front of the entrance.
Last Wednesday, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser ordered the ban of the Islamic Centre Hamburg (IZH), the association that mosque built and operated. As a direct representative of Iran, the IZH spread an aggressive, militant Islamism and supported Hezbollah, which is banned in Germany – that was the justification.
