Ultra-conservative Salafist
Muslims turned on police protecting
anti-Islam protesters in the western
German city of Bonn, injuring 29
officers, two of them seriously, police
said in a statement on Sunday. Authorities arrested 109 people, among
them a 25-year-old man suspected of
stabbing two police officers, after angry
clashes on Saturday between protesters
waving banners showing cartoons of
the Prophet Mohammad and a large group of Salafists. Local media said 500-600 Salafists faced
off with 30 anti-Islam protesters. The Salafists in recent weeks have
handed out thousands of Korans,
translated into German, to non-Muslims,
sparking a highly charged debate in
Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia Interior
Minister Ralf Jaeger pledged to identify
all Salafists prepared to use violence, so
that authorities could take swifter
action in future. Four million Muslims live in Germany,
about half of whom have German
citizenship.
Salafists injure 29 German police in anti-Is... JPost - Headlines
Muslims turned on police protecting
anti-Islam protesters in the western
German city of Bonn, injuring 29
officers, two of them seriously, police
said in a statement on Sunday. Authorities arrested 109 people, among
them a 25-year-old man suspected of
stabbing two police officers, after angry
clashes on Saturday between protesters
waving banners showing cartoons of
the Prophet Mohammad and a large group of Salafists. Local media said 500-600 Salafists faced
off with 30 anti-Islam protesters. The Salafists in recent weeks have
handed out thousands of Korans,
translated into German, to non-Muslims,
sparking a highly charged debate in
Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia Interior
Minister Ralf Jaeger pledged to identify
all Salafists prepared to use violence, so
that authorities could take swifter
action in future. Four million Muslims live in Germany,
about half of whom have German
citizenship.
Salafists injure 29 German police in anti-Is... JPost - Headlines