Around 1,000 demonstrators gathered on Saturday April 27 in Steindamm Street, Hamburg, to express their opposition to what they call “the dictatorship of values », according to the German daily Die Welt.
A video posted online shows the crowd responding to cries of “ Takbir ” by “Allahu Akbar” and chanting part of the Shahada, the main profession of faith of Islam, in Arabic: “ I testify that there is no deity except God “. Some demonstrators carried signs proclaiming “ The caliphate is the solution » and affirming that “ Gaza has won the information war », according to several clichés circulated by the German media.
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The rally was organized by a group called “Muslim Interaktiv”, which also posted a video of the event on social media with the banner “Don’t obey liars!” Impressions from today’s demonstration in Hamburg ».
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According to the Hamburg Office for the Protection of the Constitution, this group is affiliated with Hizb ut-Tahrir, a pan-Islamist and fundamentalist political organization aiming to re-establish a caliphate. This organization is banned in Germany.
“A difficult demonstration to bear”, admits the Minister of the Interior
“VSeeing such an Islamist demonstration in our streets is difficult to bear. It’s a good thing that the Hamburg police responded to crime with a significant presence. The red line at which the protection of the right to protest and freedom of expression ends must be clear », declared the Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser, to the newspaper TagesspiegelMonday April 29.
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“ No terrorist propaganda for Hamas, no hate speech against Jews. If crimes of this type are committed, we must intervene immediately and forcefully during the demonstrations “, she continued to the Berlin daily.
“Seeing such an Islamist demonstration in our streets is difficult to bear”
The minister also assured that Islamist organizations are subject to increased surveillance by the authorities, particularly after the bans in Germany of the Palestinian organization Hamas and the Samidoun group.
One of the supposed leaders of “Muslim Interaktiv,” Joe Adade Boateng, is an active student on social media, where he discusses topics related to Islam and comments on the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The group also recently took to the web to discuss the blocking of their main account due to what they call “ censorship surrounding the current genocide in Gaza “.
