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German authorities are concerned that most of those attracted to Salafi ideology are impressionable young Muslims who are susceptible to perpetrating terrorist acts in the name of Islam.<\/em><\/p>\n

Salafism in Germany: “Something Must Be Done Immediately”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soeren Kern | Gatestone Institute<\/a> | June 5, 2014<\/p>\n

Salafism is the fastest growing Islamist movement in Germany, and Salafist jihadists pose one of the greatest threats to national security, according to a new German intelligence report.<\/p>\n

The annual report\u2014known in German as the Verfasungsschutzbericht Niedersachsen 2013<\/a>\u2014focuses on threats to the democratic order in the northwestern German state of Lower Saxony, home to a sizeable Muslim community.<\/p>\n

The 196-page document was prepared by the Lower Saxony branch of Germany\u2019s domestic intelligence agency, the Bundesamt f\u00fcr Verfassungsschutz (BfV), and was made public by Boris Pistorius, the Interior Minister of Lower Saxony, at a special press conference held in the city of Hannover on May 25.<\/p>\n

Despite its regional focus, the report provides a wealth of information about the rise of radical Islam in Germany as a whole.<\/p>\n

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