Posted on 09/05/2014 3:34:07 PM PDT by markomalley
Charges of unlawful assembly and use of uniform in public were brought against 11 members of a group trying to enforce aspects of strict Islamic Sharia law in the North Rhine-Westphalia city, a spokeswoman for the Wuppertal police told The Local.
Officers stopped the 11-man group on the street on Wednesday. Some were wearing orange vests bearing the words 'Shariah Police', in violation of federal German law, the spokeswoman said.
The group has been stopping young people at local drinking and gambling establishments and urging them to abstain from activities deemed to be ungodly according to Islam.
The Wednesday incident was the first time they had directly violated the law, and no formal complaints had been made against them.
"There is no evidence that they have intimated anybody," the spokeswoman said, adding that talks were under way between integration authorities and local mosque leaders to address the situation.
"Can a vest and a name really cause so much headache?" the group posted on its page after the encounter with police.
"What have all the grumblers now coming out of the woodwork done for wayward youth?" it also asked. "Do you realize how many are buying and consuming drugs? If you are so honest and good, where is your shrieking and outrage?"
Don't cross the line, warn police
Meanwhile, the Wuppertal police on Friday released a statement pledging to crack down on anyone seeking to take the law into their own hands, especially with any use of intimidation or force.
"The state has an exclusive monopoly on the use of force," reminded local police chief Birgitta Radermacher. "Any conduct that intimidates, provokes or makes people insecure will not be tolerated. These 'Sharia Police' have no legitimacy," she added.
There had been repeated attempts, especially at night time, by members of the Salafi Islamist community to influence and recruit young people, the statement said.
Police presence in the city centre had been strengthened and citizens were urged to report sightings of the group, which has said it will expand its activities in other towns.
The group reportedly identifies itself with the Salafi movement, an ultra-conservative sub-group within Islam with a strong following in the Middle East. Most of the world's Salafis are from Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia.
"In this way they are demonstrating that they do not recognized our law-based state," an interior ministry spokesperson told the Rheinischer Post newspaper.
The head of the local CDU branch and security expert for the Christian Democrats in the state, Peter Biesenbach, described the situation as an "alarm signal".
What are we going to do with these people? Is it going to take mass executions? I mean, I know in their sick little minds they’d like that, but still, we’d be rid of them.
My, it takes much less than this for some to be accused of “intimidation”.
You knew what I meant, as an unofficial paramilitary/police force amongst all the other Freikorps in Bavaria and elsewhere.
Just like they are vigilant and unceasing in their efforts to stamp out everything to do with the Third Reich-except the law passed by Nazis outlawing homeschooling.
Nice of him to come right out and say that. It makes things......cleaner.
I don't think Brigitta is a guy, although her hair is kind of short....
I’d suggest that a grenade would have been preferable to a book.
“In this way they are demonstrating that they do not recognized our law-based state,” an interior ministry spokesperson told the Rheinischer Post newspaper.
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Gee, ya’ think?
Send the subhumans back to Quitar or whatever it’s called.
“Police throw the book at Shariah vigilantes”
I would assume that would entail both a “Yellow Card and a Red Card” for unsportman like actions which result in a “time out” and a stern lecture in accordance with the EU Human Rights Commission of Equality.
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Germany woke up a LITTLE, but only I think because of the recent UK massive “rape tolerance” revelations.
German gummint observed that the UK gummint lost some prestige and legitimacy, there.
What the police need to do is run a sting operation.
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I like the way you think on this!
Red Shirts+Green Shirts+Orange Shirts = Brown Shirts. Simple math
“Birgitta” is the German form of “Bridget”, IINM.
And that whole “exclusive monopoly” thing is straight out of the Communist Manifesto, although there it refers to centralized banking. Bad sign when authority figures whose primary job is public safety say stuff like that, either way.
Did they get those vests from Britain’s “no-go areas”? or is that photo from Britain?
Those vests would make fine aiming points.
>>The group reportedly identifies itself with the Salafi movement, an ultra-conservative sub-group within Islam with a strong following in the Middle East.
So in other words, implicitly, don’t worry about “moderate Islam”, as these guys are really “radical Islam.”
Sorry, not buying it. There is only Islam.
The next thing you know, they will be in the supermarket relabeling chicken breasts as chicken chests
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