German Court Upholds Deportation Ban for Salafist Preacher

The North Rhine-Westphalia Higher Administrative Court confirmed the decision due to insufficient evidence of public threat.

The Higher Administrative Court in Münster ruled that the Salafist preacher from Bonn cannot be deported to Kosovo.
The court found the evidence presented by the city of Bonn insufficient to prove the preacher poses a threat to the democratic order.
Allegations against the preacher included spreading hate propaganda and having ties to radical scenes, but these were deemed unsubstantiated.
The preacher has been in deportation detention since early September, with a 20-year re-entry ban imposed by the city.
The court emphasized the constitutional protection of family, noting the preacher's ties to his German wife and three children.