Police launched dawn raids across Germany on Tuesday on about 190 mosques, flats and offices linked to an Islamist group after the government banned the organization, accusing it of radicalizing youngsters. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the DWR "True Religion" group had persuaded about 140 people to join militants in Iraq and Syria. made no reference to the raids on its website and did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The domestic intelligence agency said in June about 8,900 ultra-conservative Islamists known as Salafists were in Germany. A spokeswoman for the interior ministry said there was no indication that DWR was planning attacks itself.

Source: CBC News November 15, 2016 14:48 UTC