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The Danish Parliament has approved a new law that bans foreign governments from financing mosques in Denmark. The measure is aimed at preventing Muslim countries, particularly Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, from promoting Islamic extremism in Danish mosques and prayer facilities.
Denmark joins a growing list of European countries including Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland which have taken varying degrees of action to prevent foreign governments from financing the construction and upkeep of mosques on their territories.
In recent years, Algeria, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, among others, have distributed hundreds of millions of euros to finance the spread of Islam in Europe.
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sadiki, a member of german descent, who was arrested in july. he was taken in for questioning, and intelligence forces in germany say he is cooperating with that investigation, offering new details every single day. all of this sparked the u.s. state department security alert for americans traveling in europe to be extra vigilant. britain and japan issued a similar alert for their citizens. for a better understanding of this plot and the hamburg connection, we re joined now by terrorism analyst and investigative reporter mr. paul crookshank. he is in hamburg for us. here s what i want to ask you. we heard just now about the possible men who were in this drone strike, the german nationals in pakistan. what do we know about that? reporter: don, i think this is potentially quite significant. the taiba mosque is where some radicals were attending in it 2009. they decided to go to these areas of afghanistan.