The number of Salafists in North Rhine-Westphalia has slightly increased this year by 100 to a total of 3200 Islamist extremists. According to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, girls and women in particular are becoming more radical. They are replacing extremists who have disappeared from the scene after banning their associations, criminal proceedings and repression by security authorities. In particular, the activities of Salafist women in social networks have increased. According to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, women who have departed, returned or stayed in Germany are increasingly ” violent and prepared to use violence”.In addition, the birth of children has led to the emergence of about 100 Salafist family groups. As a result, there is a danger that the women will raise their children in a fundamentalist and extremist manner.
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Residents of the senior citizens’ centre on the banks of the river Ihme in Hanover complain about threats and harassment by drug dealers on their doorstep. According to the newspaper HAZ, one of the residents was called a “shit woman” and pelted with stones. She hardly dares to go out with her dog, she is quoted in the newspaper. Once one of these men passed by and whispered in her ear: “I’ll kill you, you’re dead.” Calls to the police and letters to the municipality and the German parliament have not been of any use so far. The police are coming, but the drug dealers will be back soon. Meanwhile, there is a list of signatures signed by forty residents.Two years ago, the Internet portal halloLindenLimmer.de already made an inquiry to the police about the violence of the dealer scene there on the banks of the river Ihme. Not much seems to have changed since then. Here the response of the police at that time: 

In recent years there has been an increase in the trade in narcotics in the area of Faustwiese and Glocksee.
The Hanover Police have these areas in particular focus.
We have already carried out checks and special operations there in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Since January 1, 2016, almost 60 investigations have been initiated at both of the above-mentioned locations due to trafficking in narcotics.The suspects/defendants in these investigations are of different origins.Most of them come from 13 African countries, the others include German and Turkish nationals.With regard to residence status, almost half of the suspects/defendants of the Btm trade are asylum seekers. Furthermore, German nationals and persons with other residence status, such as toleration, are also among the suspects/defendants. ( Statement of the police from February 14th, 2017).

Two years ago there was no talk of harassment and threats against passers-by and residents. Apparently, things have gotten worse since then.

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Yesterday, Christmas Day, a 26-year-old woman was fatally injured with a knife in Idstein. Her 31-year-old husband is a prime suspect. A resident reported an argument between a man and a woman to the police on Gruner Street around 3:00 pm, in which a knife is said to have been used. When the police arrived on the scene shortly afterwards, neither of the two could be found at first. During a search of the surroundings, the 26-year-old was found lying dead a few metres away in the courtyard of a residential building. She had suffered fatal injuries. The 31-year-old suspect was found at his home address in Gruner Street at about 3:30 pm and was arrested. The woman who was killed and the suspect are Afghan nationals. The suspect is to be brought before a judge tomorrow. The investigation into the background of the crime is continuing. 

https://searchlight-germany.blogspot.com/2019/12/germany-afghan-stabs-woman-to-death-on.html

Probably in the night from the 25th of December 2019 to the 26th of December 2019 there was a fire in the Thomas Chapel near Ollmuth. Parts of the interior decoration and sacral objects were severely damaged. The amount of damage is around 15000 EUR to 20000 EUR. Persons who can give information about the reasons for the fire are asked to contact the police department of Trier by calling 0651 / 9779-3200. 

https://searchlight-germany.blogspot.com/2019/12/germany-thomas-chapel-in-ollmuth-has.html

On Christmas Eve, hooded activists disrupted the service in the Kleinhüningen church. According to the media release of the Protestant Reformed Church in Basel-Stadt on Wednesday, the activists unrolled a banner with the slogan “Peace instead of incitement”. They would then have also incited against the female pastor Christine Dietrich. “The reaction of the church service visitors to the action was a mixture of horror and fear,” explained Christine Dietrich. The sexton and a few churchgoers then showed the activists out. As the media release further states, the church is now considering criminal charges. The President of the Church Council, Pastor Dr. Lukas Kundert, condemns the disruption of the service.”It is a scorn that the activists call for peace and stand up against incitement, but disrupt even a peaceful Christmas night service and incite against the pastor”, the President of the Church Council remarks. Until 2011, the pastor Christine Dietrich has published articles on a right-wing national blog in Germany. In Berne, she was reprimanded for this activity by her then appointing authority and subsequently withdrew from the blog. In autumn 2019, she was elected to the church council of the Basel City Evangelical Reformed Church, although many members criticised this.

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I’ve seen all kinds of things at Milan Central Station, but this..

https://searchlight-germany.blogspot.com/2019/12/watch-with-pigs-on-lead-against.html

Ironically on the morning of Dec 24th, Fire Departments responded to a fire in the tower of the evangelist Church of Herzogenbuchsee in the canton of Bern, built in 1728. Even though the fire seemed under control by noon, it reignited and shortly before 11PM local time on Dec 24., the tower collapsed, setting fire to the church’s main body. Batteling the fire was difficult, since firefighters couldn’t enter the tower and there was not enough space to set up ladders properly. The fight still goes on at the moment.

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In Aue-Bad Schlema a knife attack with two injured people occurred in a rectory on Christmas Eve. The Evangelical Lutheran parish of St. Nicolai had invited needy people to the rectory on December 24. No one should have to spend Christmas Eve alone. According to the Chemnitz police department, however, there were disputes with a 53-year-old man from Syria, who was subsequently expelled from the event and the parsonage. A short time later, eight Arabs turned up at the rectory. A new dispute flared up, which escalated into violence against a 34-year-old Iranian guest at the event. During the mediation of the disputes, a 51-year-old member of the church community was seriously injured with a knife in his stomach. He had to have surgery during the night, the head  of the Chemnitz police department told a local radio reporter. The Iranian suffered minor injuries. The police are searching for the fugitive suspects. 

https://searchlight-germany.blogspot.com/2019/12/germany-eight-arabs-attack-christian.html

A 33-year-old man was pushed in front of an incoming subway train at Nuremberg’s main station and was life threateningly injured. The man had got into an argument with a 32-year-old man during the night on Christmas Day, according to police. The victim fell into the track bed and was trapped under the railcar. The suspect was caught and arrested by the police after a short escape. He was to be brought before a magistrate. According to the police, both men are Iraqi nationals. 

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