Germany outlaws Islamist organization Ansaar International
06 May 2021 |
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Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has banned the Düsseldorf-based Islamist association on suspicion of financing terrorist groups abroad such as the Palestinian Hamas and al-Shabab in Somalia.
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