{"id":6139,"date":"2014-09-26T22:18:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T21:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6139"},"modified":"2014-10-15T18:33:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T17:33:20","slug":"switzerland-land-jihad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2014\/09\/26\/switzerland-land-jihad\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland: Land of Jihad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/swiss_jihadists.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6140\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/swiss_jihadists.jpg\" alt=\"swiss_jihadists\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/swiss_jihadists.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/swiss_jihadists-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Swiss lawmakers have filed a motion calling on the Swiss Parliament to ban the jihadist group Islamic State from operating in Switzerland.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Switzerland: Land of Jihad<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a title=\"Switzerland: Land of Jihad\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4732\/switzerland-land-of-jihad\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | September 26, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Swiss lawmakers have filed a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parlament.ch\/d\/suche\/seiten\/geschaefte.aspx?gesch_id=20143753\" target=\"_blank\">motion<\/a> calling on the Swiss Parliament formally to ban the jihadist group Islamic State [IS] from operating in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>The measure\u2014signed by more than 40 politicians from across the political spectrum\u2014is in response to new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzz.ch\/nzzas\/nzz-am-sonntag\/bundesanwaltschaft-ermittelt-gegen-is-terroristen-in-der-schweiz-1.18387988\" target=\"_blank\">revelations<\/a> that the IS has established a network of cells inside Switzerland to raise money and recruit fighters for the jihad in Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>The jihadist cells are primarily focused on providing financial, logistical and propaganda support to help the IS establish an Islamic theocracy in the Middle East, according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzz.ch\/nzzas\/nzz-am-sonntag\/bundesanwaltschaft-ermittelt-gegen-is-terroristen-in-der-schweiz-1.18387988\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> published by the Swiss newspaper <em>Neue Z\u00fcrcher Zeitung<\/em> (NZZ) on September 21.<\/p>\n<p>But terrorism analysts are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isn.ethz.ch\/Digital-Library\/Articles\/Detail\/?id=183064\" target=\"_blank\">warning<\/a> that the cells could easily be used to perpetrate terror attacks inside Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NZZ, Swiss authorities are investigating at least three Iraqi nationals who are the alleged ringleaders of IS activities in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the report, the Swiss public prosecutor\u2019s office <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blick.ch\/news\/politik\/ermittlungen-in-rund-20-faellen-bundesanwaltschaft-nimmt-dschihadisten-ins-visier-id3128746.html\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed<\/a> that it is currently investigating at least 20 separate cases involving jihadist operations in Switzerland, including at least four directly related to the jihad in Syria.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Switzerland: Land of Jihad\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4732\/switzerland-land-of-jihad\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swiss lawmakers have filed a motion calling on the Swiss Parliament to ban the jihadist group Islamic State from operating in Switzerland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48,106],"tags":[128,181,169,58],"class_list":["post-6139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam-in-europe","category-switzerland-islam-in-europe","tag-european-jihadists-in-syria","tag-islam-in-europe","tag-islamic-state","tag-switzerland"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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