https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A fundamentalist Muslim preacher who started a “sharia police” force in western Germany has now been charged with aiding a terrorist group in Syria, prosecutors announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160413/sven-lau-sharia-police-fundamentalism-salafism-islam-isis-jamwa Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:28:52 +0200 sven-lau-sharia-police-fundamentalism-salafism-islam-isis-jamwa At least 29 German soldiers have travelled to Syria or Iraq in recent years, an internal military report has found, with some believed to have joined terror group Isis. https://www.thelocal.de/20160412/german-soldiers-may-have-joined-isis-in-syria Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:15:33 +0200 german-soldiers-may-have-joined-isis-in-syria German police on Thursday arrested a doctor suspected of having recruited a man of limited mental capacity to fight for the Islamic State organisation in Iraq. https://www.thelocal.de/20160303/berlin-doctor-recruited-mentally-ill-man-for-suicide-bombing Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:56:48 +0100 berlin-doctor-recruited-mentally-ill-man-for-suicide-bombing Police in Mönchengladbach have arrested infamous Salafist Sven Lau on suspicion of supporting a terrorist group. https://www.thelocal.de/20151215/police-grab-infamous-salafist-muslim-convert Tue, 15 Dec 2015 11:11:46 +0100 police-grab-infamous-salafist-muslim-convert Germany could be a target for an Isis terrorist attack, leading experts warned in interviews with The Local - but they also cautioned against jumping into knee-jerk reactions. https://www.thelocal.de/20151116/germany-could-be-next-on-terrorists-list Mon, 16 Nov 2015 19:07:08 +0100 germany-could-be-next-on-terrorists-list UPDATE: German tourists were among those killed by gunmen in a terrorist attack on the Mediterranean resort town of Sousse, Tunisian state media reported on Friday, citing government sources. https://www.thelocal.de/20150626/germans-suspected-to-be-among-tunisia-dead Fri, 26 Jun 2015 17:51:16 +0200 germans-suspected-to-be-among-tunisia-dead A preacher at a mosque in Berlin's southern Neukölln district has told worshippers that women should be confined to their homes and submit whenever their husbands demand sex. https://www.thelocal.de/20150203/berlin-imam-says-women-cant-refuse-sex Tue, 03 Feb 2015 11:51:48 +0100 berlin-imam-says-women-cant-refuse-sex