Germany Disbands Expert Group on Political Islamism
Germany’s coalition government has dissolved an expert working group on political Islamism — opting instead to fight “Islamophobia.” The move has angered and alarmed those who warn that Islamism is spreading unabated in Germany, especially among young people in schools and on social media.
Germany Disbands Expert Group on Political Islamism
Soeren Kern | Focus on Western Islamism | September 15, 2022
Germany’s coalition government has dissolved an expert working group on political Islamism — opting instead to fight “Islamophobia.” The move has angered and alarmed those who warn that Islamism is spreading unabated in Germany, especially among young people in schools and on social media. Germany’s apparent self-deception about the danger of Islamism may end up being even more detrimental to the country’s future than its catastrophic error to totally become energy dependent on Russia.
Germany’s Interior Minister, Nancy Faeser, quietly discontinued the so-called Expert Group on Political Islamism (Expertenkreis Politischer Islamismus) in early September. No reason was given for the decision, but since assuming office in December 2021, Faeser, of the left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD), has repeatedly been accused of ignoring or downplaying the threat Islamism poses to German democracy.
