the self is movement has kind of vanished from the streets a few years back the self is swer recruiting people on the streets very openly they were giving out free korans trying to talk to people and now they stopped to do that and we wanted to investigate what happened to them whether they are still active and what they re doing now ok before we continue our conversation let s first take a look at a report about the son of a scene here in germany. they support a radical form of islam and reject democracy and freedom salafist. it s one of the fastest growing branches of islam in germany that s what the federal domestic intelligence service says. and two thousand and eleven german authorities knew of about three thousand eight hundred that s almost a tripling in seven years. and this is the salafist stronghold in germany the western state of north rhine-westphalia it s thought there are about three
it was ten thousand eight hundred that s almost a tripling in seven years. and this is the salafist stronghold in germany the western state of north rhine-westphalia it s thought there are about three thousand salafist supporters here the regional intelligence agency classifies eight hundred of them as prone to violence authorities watch female salafist particularly carefully as wives and mothers they re important in holding the community together in two thousand and twelve a group of islam ists in germany were caught planning a bomb attack in bonn at least one of the group had salafist connections. salafist have taken to a german town centers preaching and handing out the koran for free in two thousand and sixteen the interior minister banned the group that had organized those giveaways. who will let me. and we don t want terrorism in germany we don t want calls for terrorism to be made here for people to be
it s one of the fastest growing branches of islam in germany that s what the federal domestic intelligence service says in two thousand and eleven german authorities knew of about three thousand eight hundred salafist in the country three years later that number was seven thousand. and by two thousand and seventeen it was ten thousand eight hundred that s almost a tripling in seven years. and this is the salafist stronghold in germany the western state of north rhine-westphalia it s thought there are about three thousand salafist supporters here the regional intelligence agency classifies eight hundred of them as prone to violence authorities watch female salafist particularly carefully as wives and mothers they re important in holding the community together in two thousand and twelve a group of islam ists in germany were caught planning a bomb attack in bonn at least one of the group had salafist connections. salafist