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Germany: Kurds file criminal complaint against Iranian mosque for supporting jihad terrorism

Jan 25, 2020 8:00 am By Robert Spencer

“The Imam Ali Mosque serves as a meeting place and event location for…individuals in particular, who work as supporters of terrorists, terrorist organizations and various other sponsors of terrorist activities.”

Why didn’t the vast majority of peaceful Muslims at this mosque rise up and throw out these people who were hijacking their peaceful religion?

Meanwhile, the Imam Ali Mosque in Hamburg is a most impressive edifice, clearly the work of people who intend their community to be there for centuries and longer.

“Kurds file criminal complaint against Iran mosque in Germany for terrorism,” by Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, January 16, 2020:

Ali Ertan Toprak, the chairman of the Kurdish community in Germany, on Tuesday lodged a formal criminal complaint against the Iranian regime-controlled Islamic Center of Hamburg, the owner of the Imam Ali Mosque, for its support of terrorism.

According to the complaint, “The Imam Ali Mosque serves as a meeting place and event location for the meetings of this association as well as of individuals in particular, who work as supporters of terrorists, terrorist organizations and various other sponsors of terrorist activities.”

The complaint, which was sent to prosecutor Jörg Fröhlich, further stated that “the institution [Islamic Center of Hamburg] in its entirety as well as each board member as an individual and as a community, and also the members…fulfill the act of supporting terrorists as individuals and terrorist associations.”

The popular German news and commentary website Tichys Einblick first published the complaint filed with the local prosecutor’s office.

The Jerusalem Post reported that a group of 600 pro-Iranian regime Islamists attended a memorial service in early January at the Islamic Center in Hamburg to mourn the death of the EU- and US-designated terrorist Qasem Soleimani.

The US administration said it eliminated Soleimani on January 3 because he planned terrorist attacks against American diplomats.

The mourners from the Islamic Center praised Soleimani as a “heroic martyr.”

The criminal complaint states the Islamic Center’s “board of directors and the association’s members work as an extended arm of the Tehran revolutionary leadership…and are actively involved in the dissemination of Islamist ideas and the support of related activities at home and abroad.”

According to the complaint, “all of the association’s activities can also be seen as direct and indirect support, probably also of a financial nature, for terrorists and terrorist organizations.”

The complaint noted that the Islamic Center honored Soleimani and he served as the head of the Quds Force that is responsible for operations outside of Iran’s territory for Tehran’s regime. The Kurdish community leader wrote the Quds Force provides “financial and material aid to terrorist organizations, for example, Hezbollah.”

The Islamic Center of Hamburg is also a stronghold of Hezbollah members in Germany. According to German intelligence reports, there are 1,050 Hezbollah operatives in Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel refuses to ban the entire Hezbollah structure in the federal republic….

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Filed Under: Featured, Iran, mosques Tagged With: Ali Ertan Toprak, Imam Ali Mosque, Islamic Center of Hamburg, Jörg Fröhlich


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  1. Michael Copeland says

    Jan 25, 2020 at 8:28 am

    Every mosque is a conspiracy centre.

    • Michael Copeland says

      Jan 25, 2020 at 8:30 am

      See “Mosques: Learning Curve Needed”
      https://gatesofvienna.net/2019/02/mosques-learning-curve-needed/

    • mortimer says

      Jan 25, 2020 at 10:30 am

      Reply to MC: I can agree that every mosque is POTENTIALLY a conspiratorial hub, but it does no good to overgeneralize about it. In some mosques, the people are just going to pray. For most Muslims, jihad remains theoretical.

      • gravenimage says

        Jan 25, 2020 at 10:38 pm

        Yeah–in the US it’s just about 80% of them. Hmmmm….not exactly “a tiny minority of extremists”…

      • oldschool says

        Jan 26, 2020 at 7:59 am

        And what is the content of that prayer? The prayer is formulaic and calls for the death of non-Muslims, especially Jews. Try again.

      • Giacomo Latta says

        Jan 26, 2020 at 12:04 pm

        Pray for what? The opportunity to slit the throat of a passing Jew or Christian? The guts to finally beat his wives like he has the ”right” to? Do muslims start handing out money and good vibes to everyone they meet as they flood out from their mosques on Friday? What in hell’s name do you think goes on in a mosque? Treat that as rhetoric or not.

    • toomanyhobbies says

      Jan 26, 2020 at 8:15 pm

      there was a study done a few years back; almost all of them support it.

      • gravenimage says

        Jan 26, 2020 at 8:36 pm

        Grimly true.

  2. Jay says

    Jan 25, 2020 at 10:38 am

    How does Angela Merkel stay in office? She is one of the worst things to ever happen to Germany !
    I pray the German tax paying citizens vote her out of office and soon. She is the enemy within!
    Immigration without any acclimation never works!! Germany, as well as France, Sweden, Norway, England,
    and most of Europe face similar problems and no one seems to care??

  3. mortimer says

    Jan 25, 2020 at 10:41 am

    The Kurds are threatened with genocide by both the Turks and the Iranians. There should be an independent, autonomous Kurdistan with its own army to prevent those countries from abusing Kurdish people. The Shi’ite mullahocracy and Erdogan’s Islamist government are both full of genocidal fanatics.

    It’s clear that the Imam Ali Mosque in Hamburg has strong political ties to Iran. The German secret police must be very concerned about it.

  4. Hindu American says

    Jan 25, 2020 at 1:38 pm

    Before many of us start to congratulate and high-five the Kurds for this act, please remember that in the case of Kurds the slightly revised proverb of “the enemy of our enemy is also our enemy” is very applicable. Please remember that Saladin or Salah ad-Din, who attacked the Christian middle east/Levant and slaughtered most of the local population in the 12th century was a Kurd. Many liberals in the west glorify Saladin because he let a few live as a token. Nationalist Arabs reinvented the image of Saladin and started to portray him as a hero who defeated the West.

    Secondly, please do not forget that Kurds were heavily involved in the Armenian genocide. “Not widely known in the United States, but very well known in the region, is that among the most enthusiastic participants in the Armenian massacres of 1915 were Kurdish Muslim tribesmen.” https://original.antiwar.com/morgan_hunter/2019/10/30/kurdish-participation-in-the-armenian-genocide/

    Just being a small voice of sanity here. Let the two die hard enemies of America (and the freedom loving west) battle it out. Sit back and watch.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 25, 2020 at 10:42 pm

      Good points, Hindu American.

  5. elee says

    Jan 25, 2020 at 4:50 pm

    Applause to these plaintiffs, regardless of Hindu Americans well-taken caveats. Hey Brits and Yanks and all, how about litigating the liability of mosques, imams and purported charitable foundations who procure and facilitate acts of criminal violence? Beats Hell out of giving government millions to MB fronts, doesnt it?

  6. gravenimage says

    Jan 25, 2020 at 10:56 pm

    Germany: Kurds file criminal complaint against Iranian mosque for supporting jihad terrorism
    ………………

    Well, they’re probably right. Will Germany listen, even though these are Muslims themselves? Probably not…

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