Germany Bans Muslim Interaktiv Over Caliphate Calls

Ger­many has banned the Islamist group Mus­lim Inter­ak­tiv fol­low­ing accu­sa­tions of anti-con­sti­tu­tion­al activ­i­ties and calls for estab­lish­ing a caliphate. On 5 Novem­ber 2025, the Times of Israel report­ed that Ger­man author­i­ties had banned the Mus­lim Inter­ak­tiv asso­ci­a­tion and con­duct­ed search­es of two oth­er Islamist groups on sim­i­lar grounds. The arti­cle begins:

Ger­man author­i­ties banned the Mus­lim Inter­ak­tiv asso­ci­a­tion, accus­ing it of anti-con­sti­tu­tion­al activ­i­ties in call­ing for the estab­lish­ment of a caliphate, and searched two oth­er Islam­ic groups on sim­i­lar grounds ear­ly on Wednes­day. Sev­en prop­er­ties have been searched in Ham­burg since ear­ly morn­ing and 12 more in Berlin and the state of Hesse as part of pre­lim­i­nary inves­ti­ga­tions into the asso­ci­a­tions Gen­er­a­tion Islam and Real­i­taet Islam, the fed­er­al inte­ri­or min­istry said in a state­ment. Under the ban, the 2020-found­ed Mus­lim Inter­ak­tiv, which orga­nizes demon­stra­tions and is active on var­i­ous social media chan­nels, will be dis­band­ed and its assets will be con­fis­cat­ed. The group drew nation­al atten­tion in ear­ly 2024 over a demon­stra­tion in Ham­burg with 1,000 atten­dees that called for the cre­ation of a caliphate in Ger­many. ‘We will respond with the full force of the law to any­one who aggres­sive­ly calls for a caliphate on our streets, incites hatred against the State of Israel and Jews in an intol­er­a­ble man­ner, and despis­es the rights of women and minori­ties,’ said Inte­ri­or Min­is­ter Alexan­der Dobrindt in the state­ment. Inter­ak­tiv is the lat­est of sev­er­al Islam­ic group involved in anti-Israel activ­i­ty to be banned in Germany.

Read more: https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-bans-islamic-group-accused-of-calling-for-caliphate-inciting-against-israel/

Key Points

• Ger­man author­i­ties banned Mus­lim Inter­ak­tiv and searched prop­er­ties con­nect­ed to groups Gen­er­a­tion Islam and Real­i­taet Islam.

• The group orga­nized a 2024 Ham­burg demon­stra­tion with 1,000 atten­dees demand­ing a caliphate in Germany.

• Inte­ri­or Min­is­ter Alexan­der Dobrindt cit­ed incite­ment against Israel and Jews as grounds for the ban.

• The action fol­lows a surge in anti­semitism after the Octo­ber 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel.

Germany Intensifies Crackdown on Anti-Constitutional Islamic Organizations

In the past two years, Ger­many has inten­si­fied its crack­down on Islam­ic orga­ni­za­tions deemed threats to con­sti­tu­tion­al order, par­tic­u­lar­ly those pro­mot­ing anti­semitism and Islamist ide­olo­gies. In July 2024, Ger­man author­i­ties banned the Islamis­ches Zen­trum Ham­burg and its five affil­i­ates, seiz­ing assets and clos­ing mosques includ­ing Ham­burg’s promi­nent Blue Mosque after clas­si­fy­ing the cen­ter as an Iran­ian pro­pa­gan­da hub spread­ing extrem­ism and anti­semitism. The ban rep­re­sent­ed one of Ger­many’s most sig­nif­i­cant actions against for­eign-backed Islamist infra­struc­ture, with Inte­ri­or Min­is­ter Nan­cy Faeser describ­ing the IZH as pro­mot­ing a total­i­tar­i­an ide­ol­o­gy opposed to human dig­ni­ty, wom­en’s rights, and demo­c­ra­t­ic gov­er­nance while sup­port­ing Hezbol­lah terrorists.

The gov­ern­ment has also demand­ed that DITIB, Ger­many’s largest mosque asso­ci­a­tion with approx­i­mate­ly 1,000 mosques, sev­er its ties to Turk­ish Pres­i­dent Erdo­gan and the Turk­ish reli­gious author­i­ty Diyanet fol­low­ing calls for armed resis­tance against Israel. These actions reflect grow­ing con­cerns about for­eign influ­ence oper­a­tions using reli­gious insti­tu­tions to spread anti-con­sti­tu­tion­al ide­olo­gies, anti­semitism, and hos­til­i­ty toward demo­c­ra­t­ic val­ues with­in Ger­many’s Mus­lim communities.

Exter­nal references:

• • Fed­er­al Inte­ri­or Min­is­ter Faeser bans the Islamis­ches Zen­trum Hamburg
  • Ger­many: Court Appeal By Hizb Ut-Tahrir High­lights Bal­anc­ing Act Between Actions, Intentions
  • Ger­many cracks down on Mus­lim groups viewed as threats to con­sti­tu­tion­al order — Asso­ci­at­ed Press

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