It is estimated that over 27,000 Muslims from all over the world went to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State. Many are now returning to their home countries, but according to a December 2015 report by the Soufan Group, “obstacles to evidence gathering have made prosecution attempts increasingly problematic.”
“We often have the impression that these people were not just in Syria as sentries or to be trained in the use of weapons but that they took part in maimings, killings and bomb attacks,” German Attorney General Peter Frank said….We assume that these perpetrators have blood on their hands, but we often can’t prove it.
Back in September, three suspected Islamic State fighters were detained in Germany and believed to be the first group of foreign fighters taken into custody. Police also arrested five individuals for their allegiance to the Islamic State in November:
A group of suspected Isis supporters accused of radicalising people and sending them to fight in Syria have been arrested in Germany.
The German federal prosecutor’s office said the five men were part of a “national Salafist-jihadi network” suspected of supporting Isis.
“German Prosecutors Charge Man with Islamic State Membership”, Breitbart, March 16, 2017:
Federal prosecutors say they have charged a 23-year-old German man with membership in a terrorist organization for joining the Islamic State group in Syria.
In a statement Thursday, prosecutors said Anil O. traveled to Syria in August 2015 with the intention of working as a medic for the group.
Prosecutors said O., whose last name wasn’t published due to German privacy law, soon became disillusioned with IS after seeing how it treated fellow Muslims.
They said he tried several times to flee IS-held territory, succeeding in January. He returned to Germany in September last year….
Mac-101 says
Everyone of these Islamic fighters should be charged with Crimes against Humanity as the NAZIs were at Nurnberg and dealt with accordingly.
Michael says
why do you need proof? why not just send them back? they have no right to entry. oh wait … maybe they do. that’s right. they’re Muslims. they’re refugees. they’re from a war-torn country.
Mongolian says
Do what Trumps is trying to do and have a temporary ban from certain countries. Sounds so easy. The radical muslims are using our freedoms for there benefit. If these people think by committing acts of terror is going to change things in the west, they are dumber than they look.
My Opinion says
Try him for treason, convict based on evidence, hang him, enough said.
Angemon says
He should be charged with treason.
gravenimage says
Germany: Muslim charged for going to Syria to join the Islamic State
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So now he will have to wage violent Jihad in Germany…
Johan Elzinga says
In the Netherlands, a cordon sanitaire successfully banned Gerard Wilders from taking part in the government. His party is now too small. Additionally, Gerard’s PVV is the only party willing to do anything serious about those jihad fighters. In the Dutch news, there were complaints from mayors about them not knowing when ex Syria fighters were sent back to their home in their constituency. The answer from the minister of internal affairs has been that there will be (don’t laugh please) an App warning them when such an individual returns. So, no passport revoked (which is possible even under the current law) and no long jail sentences (I would shoot those bastards on sight as soon as they enter the country btw).
FatherJon says
Sounds like the Germans are looking for excuses to try to ignore the return of these jihadis. How will the rest of Europe accept the danger to their populations by turning the other cheek?