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 German police on Sunday searched the homes of two men suspected of having ties to "a terrorist group" in Syria, federal prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.de/20160208/police-raid-terror-suspects-homes-in-mainz Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:25:00 +0100 police-raid-terror-suspects-homes-in-mainz Federal prosecutors said on Wednesday that they will bring charges against four neo-Nazis who planned to attack "Salafists and asylum-seekers" with improvised bombs. https://www.thelocal.de/20160113/four-neo-nazis-face-trial-over-bomb-plot Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:18:16 +0100 four-neo-nazis-face-trial-over-bomb-plot Jihadists from Germany who have joined terror group Isis are involved in torturing the group's enemies, including members who try to desert, media reports said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151021/german-jihadists-helping-torture-for-isis Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:25:52 +0200 german-jihadists-helping-torture-for-isis Muslim radicals in Germany are trying to recruit some of the growing numbers of asylum seekers reaching the country, according to intelligence services quoted by the German news agency DPA. https://www.thelocal.de/20150911/salafists-trying-to-win-refugees-for-cause Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:31:21 +0200 salafists-trying-to-win-refugees-for-cause German twins from Castrop-Rauxel in North Rhine-Westphalia have died fighting for the Islamist group Isis in Iraq, the militia's official magazine reported in its latest publication. https://www.thelocal.de/20150526/german-twins-die-fighting-for-isis-in-iraq Tue, 26 May 2015 13:56:42 +0200 german-twins-die-fighting-for-isis-in-iraq German police arrested four people on Wednesday accused of belonging to a far-right "terror" organisation that acquired explosives for attacks on Muslims and refugee homes, the federal prosecutor's office said. https://www.thelocal.de/20150506/police-grab-four-in-raids-on-far-right-group Wed, 06 May 2015 12:57:45 +0200 police-grab-four-in-raids-on-far-right-group In a newly-released video from the Isis terrorist group, former Berlin rapper Denis Cuspert threatens Germany with an attack by a jihadist sleeper cell to match January's mass shootings in France. https://www.thelocal.de/20150415/rapper-turned-jihadist-threatens-germany-in-video Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:08:17 +0200 rapper-turned-jihadist-threatens-germany-in-video Anti-Islamic movement Pegida named its candidate for the Dresden mayoral elections on Monday. Tatjana Festerling will stand in the elections on June 7th. https://www.thelocal.de/20150407/pegida-name-mayoral-candidate Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:52:38 +0200 pegida-name-mayoral-candidate Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière ordered the dissolving of salafist organisation Tauhid Germany on Thursday, saying that the group radicalized youth and encouraged them to travel to Syria to fight for Isis. https://www.thelocal.de/20150326/interior-ministry-bans-salafist-group Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:12:31 +0100 interior-ministry-bans-salafist-group Hooligans, Salafists, Pegida and left-wing counter-demonstrators all descended on the west German town of Wuppertal on Saturday in the first time the groups have all held simultaneous events. https://www.thelocal.de/20150316/four-way-demo-hits-wuppertal Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:59:59 +0100 four-way-demo-hits-wuppertal The Administrative Court of Hanover said on Thursday it will allow a hooligan group to move forward with a planned demonstration against fundamentalist Islam on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141113/hanover-court-will-allow-hooligan-protest-against-islam Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:27:00 +0100 hanover-court-will-allow-hooligan-protest-against-islam Eight men have been arrested after investigations against them turned up evidence that they supported terrorist organisations, including Islamic State (Isis), Cologne state prosecutors announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141112/overnight-raids-net-eight-arrests-in-cologne-isis-terrorism Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:45:00 +0100 overnight-raids-net-eight-arrests-in-cologne-isis-terrorism Hanover police said on Friday they would ban a demonstration against fundamentalist Islam which had been registered for November 15th by a hooligan group. https://www.thelocal.de/20141107/police-to-stop-hooligan-demo-over-violence-fears Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:30:00 +0100 police-to-stop-hooligan-demo-over-violence-fears The German Police Union (DPolG) said on Wednesday that future anti-Islamic marches by hooligan groups, which are planned for Berlin and Hamburg and caused chaos in Cologne on Sunday, could be banned. https://www.thelocal.de/20141029/hooligan-marches-likely-to-be-banned-in-germany Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:39:00 +0100 hooligan-marches-likely-to-be-banned-in-germany North Rhine-Westphalia's interior minister wants to ban future violent far-right and hooligan demonstrations, following chaotic scenes in Cologne on Sunday in which 44 police officers were injured. https://www.thelocal.de/20141027/nrw-to-ban-hooligan-anti-salafist-demos Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:17:00 +0100 nrw-to-ban-hooligan-anti-salafist-demos Police deployed water cannon and tear gas against an anti-Salafist demonstration by thousands of hooligans and far-right supporters in central Cologne when it descended into violence on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141027/hooligans-battle-police-in-central-cologne Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:34:00 +0100 hooligans-battle-police-in-central-cologne The Isis threat to Germany must be challenged with more police resources, a prominent Bundestag member said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141014/are-german-security-services-ready-for-isis-binninger-dpolg-wendt Tue, 14 Oct 2014 17:50:00 +0200 are-german-security-services-ready-for-isis-binninger-dpolg-wendt An Islamist from central Germany managed to travel to Syria to join jihadists despite being monitored by security services with an electronic tag, according to reports on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141014/german-islamist-travels-to-syria-despite-electronic-tag Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:28:00 +0200 german-islamist-travels-to-syria-despite-electronic-tag UPDATE: Police had to separate around 800 Kurds and Islamists in Hamburg last night when street battles broke out between the two groups over the Middle East crisis. Demonstrators came armed with metal bars and machetes and 14 people were injured. https://www.thelocal.de/20141008/eight-hurt-in-hamburg-street-battle-isis-kurds-salafists-islamists Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:02:00 +0200 eight-hurt-in-hamburg-street-battle-isis-kurds-salafists-islamists Berlin-based SoundCloud, which allows anyone to share audio files online, plays host to huge numbers of jihadi accounts and postings supporting the Islamic State (Isis). But the uploads do not contravene German law and are not being caught by the startup's moderators. https://www.thelocal.de/20141002/startup-success-story-faces-wave-of-jihadi-postings Thu, 02 Oct 2014 17:53:00 +0200 startup-success-story-faces-wave-of-jihadi-postings