Overview
- Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt imposed an association ban that outlaws all activity, freezes assets, and orders the shutdown of the group’s websites and social media accounts.
- Police searched locations in Hamburg, Berlin, and Hesse in coordinated operations, seizing items such as cash, data carriers, and handwritten notes.
- Affiliated groups Generation Islam and Realität Islam face Vereinsrecht investigations on suspicion of pursuing the same prohibited goals or operating as parts of the banned network, though they remain legal pending findings.
- Security agencies cite ideological proximity to the already banned Hizb ut-Tahrir and classify the actors as non-jihadist extremists who radicalize primarily through TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.
- New reporting confirms a 2024 indictment in Hamburg against leading activist Joe “Raheem” Boateng over a prohibited demonstration, with the court still reviewing whether to open the main trial.