Posted on 06/21/2015 2:15:21 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
PARIS (AP) — Its imams preach austere piety, its tenets demand strict separation of sexes — and some of its most radical adherents are heeding the call of jihad. Salafism, an Islamic movement based on a literal reading of the Quran, is on the rise in France, Germany and Britain, security officials say, with Salafis sharply increasing their influence in mosques and on the streets.
The trend worries European authorities, who see Salafism as one of the inspirational forces for young Europeans heading to Syria or Iraq to do battle for the Islamic State group. Experts, however, point out that the vast majority of Salafis are peace-loving.
In Germany, there are currently about 7,000 Salafis in the country — nearly double the 3,800 estimated four years ago, the Interior Ministry said last month. About 100 French mosques are now controlled by Salafis, a small number compared to the more than 2,000 Muslim houses of worship, but more than double the number four years ago, a senior security official told The Associated Press. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. France does not do head-counts by religious practices or origins.
In Britain the numbers are on the rise, too. Seven percent of Britain's 1,740 mosques are run by Salafis, according to Mehmood Naqshbandi, an expert on Britain's Muslims and counter-extremism adviser to the British government who keeps a database of the various currents of Islam in Britain. He says those numbers are steadily growing, especially among young people — and that a quarter to half of British Muslims under 30 "accept some parts or all of the Salafi theology."
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The trend worries European authorities, who see Salafism as one of the inspirational forces for young Europeans heading to Syria or Iraq to do battle for the Islamic State group.
and demands their young boys be virgins
Who foresaw this happening?
The solution to so many of life’s problems becomes readily apparent when you can put one every time in the ten ring.
The Germans blew it.
Instead of expending their misplaced hatred on the Jews, they should have saved their wrath and savagery, loosening the fury of the Gestapo and the SS on the 3M crowd.
I know I didn’t, I’m shocked...
We need to acknowledge that Islam is violent in its roots. No amount of wishing for a "moderate Islam" will be able to prevent true believers from returning to these roots.
Salafism as one of the inspirational forces for young Europeans heading to Syria or Iraq to do battle for the Islamic State
I suppose the deranged idiot behind the Charleston massacre was "austere", too?
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How many of them are being shipped here by the Obama regime as “refugees”?
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