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Iran summons German diplomat over Islamic centre ban
State-run news agency IRNA says Iran has summoned the German ambassador to Tehran over Germany’s decision to ban the Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH).
“Today, we banned the Islamisches Zentrum Hamburg, which promotes an Islamist-extremist, totalitarian ideology in Germany,” said the German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. “This Islamist ideology is opposed to human dignity. women’s rights, an independent judiciary and our democratic government,” Faeser said.
The Interior Minister said that the decision came after “extensive evidence” collected in 55 properties across Germany in November last year confirmed previous suspicions. The centre is accused of supporting Hezbollah, which Berlin designates as a “terrorist” organisation, of promoting “aggressive antisemitism” and of spreading “authoritarian, theocratic rule”.
It also claimed the IZH was a direct representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader and therefore was operating to export an Islamic Revolution into Germany.
As part of the ban, the ministry said it will also close four Shiite mosques, including Hamburg’s Blue Mosque, one of Germany’s oldest mosques.
German police secures the compound of the Imam Ali Mosque, dubbed ‘The Blue Mosque’, of the ‘Zentrum der islamischen Kultur Hamburg e.V.’ in Hamburg, Germany
