It looks as if German patience is running out with liberal laws that have allowed jihadists to operate in the country, possibly even with welfare support from the German government. How long will it be before other countries “” notably Britain “” follow suit? “Germany to Deport Hundreds of Islamists – Magazine,” from Reuters, with thanks to Louise:
BERLIN (Reuters) – German officials are drawing up lists of hundreds of Islamic militants to be deported from the country under a new law making expulsions easier, the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel said on Saturday….
Since the revelations in 2001 that Arab students who had lived for years in Hamburg led the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, Germans have questioned their liberal laws under which some suspected militants even draw welfare benefits.
Interior Minister Otto Schily has suggested that evidence of training at an al Qaeda camp should be clear grounds for expelling a foreign national. Distributing videos calling for “holy war” could also be punished the same way.