Overview
- Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt imposed an association ban on Muslim Interaktiv on the basis of a domestic intelligence dossier.
- Police carried out coordinated early‑morning searches in Hamburg, Berlin and Hesse targeting premises and leaders, with assets seized for forfeiture.
- The prohibition bars all activity and triggers the shutdown of the group’s websites and social‑media accounts.
- Authorities cite advocacy of a caliphate, rejection of democratic principles, denial of Israel’s right to exist, and ideological proximity to the banned Hizb ut‑Tahrir.
- Related entities Generation Islam and Realität Islam were searched and are under association‑law investigation but not banned, and those affected can challenge the measures at the Federal Administrative Court.