{"id":6811,"date":"2017-07-08T20:23:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T19:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6811"},"modified":"2017-07-08T20:23:51","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T19:23:51","slug":"germany-chechen-morality-police-terrorize-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2017\/07\/08\/germany-chechen-morality-police-terrorize-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany: Chechen Morality Police Terrorize Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2017\/07\/08\/germany-chechen-morality-police-terrorize-berlin\/berlin-chechen-gangs\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6812\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6812\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/berlin-chechen-gangs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/berlin-chechen-gangs.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/berlin-chechen-gangs-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Islamists are using threats of violence to discourage Chechen migrants from integrating into German society.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Germany: Chechen Morality Police Terrorize Berlin<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/10632\/germany-chechens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | July 8, 2017<\/p>\n<p>A hundred Islamists are now openly enforcing Sharia law on the streets of Berlin, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/berlin\/staatsschutz-ermittelt-gegen-schlaegertruppe-islamistische-moralwaechter-terrorisieren-berliner\/20018170.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to local police who are investigating a recent string of violent assaults in the German capital.<\/p>\n<p>The self-appointed morality police involve Salafists from Chechnya, a predominantly Sunni Muslim region in Russia. The vigilantes are using threats of violence to discourage Chechen migrants from integrating into German society; they are also promoting the establishment of a parallel Islamic legal system in Germany. German authorities appear unable to stop them.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharia patrol came to public light in May 2017, when Chechen Salafists released a video warning other Chechens in Germany that those who fail to comply with Islamic law and <em>adat<\/em>, a traditional Chechen code of behavior, will be killed. The video\u2019s existence was <a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/feature\/2017\/05\/25\/we-will-set-them-straight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> by <em>Meduza<\/em>, a Russian-language independent media organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/oct\/23\/russian-journalists-meduza-project-latvia-kremlin-crackdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">based<\/a> in Latvia. The video, which circulated through WhatsApp, an online messaging service, showed a hooded man aiming a pistol at the camera. Speaking in Chechen, he declared:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMuslim brothers and sisters. Here, in Europe, certain Chechen women and men who look like women do unspeakable things. You know it; I know it; everybody knows it. This is why we hereby declare: For now, there are about 80 of us. More people are willing to join. Those who have lost their national identity, who flirt with men of other ethnic groups and marry them, Chechen women who have chosen the wrong path and those creatures who call themselves Chechen men \u2014 given half a chance, we will set all of them straight. Having sworn on the Koran, we go out onto the streets. This is our declaration of intent; do not say that you were not warned; do not say that you did not know. May Allah grant us peace and set our feet on the path towards justice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <em>Meduza<\/em>, the declaration was read by a representative of a Berlin-based gang of about one hundred members, headed by former henchmen of Dzhokhar Dudayev, the late Chechen separatist leader. All Berliners of Chechen origin who were interviewed by <em>Meduza<\/em> said they were aware of the gang\u2019s existence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/10632\/germany-chechens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamists are using threats of violence to discourage Chechen migrants from integrating into German society.<\/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":[34,48],"tags":[179,181,195,66,134],"class_list":["post-6811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-germany","category-islam-in-europe","tag-germany","tag-islam-in-europe","tag-migration-crisis","tag-salafists","tag-sharia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Germany: Chechen Morality Police Terrorize Berlin - 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