Germany has officially banned the Muslim group Muslim Interaktiv, citing anti-constitutional activities, including calls for the establishment of a caliphate, the Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday.
Police raided seven buildings in Hamburg, the northern port city where the group was based, coinciding with the announcement of the ban.
“We will not allow organisations such as Muslim Interaktiv to undermine our free society with their hatred… and attack our country from within,” Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt of the centre-right CDU/CSU stated.
The association had drawn national scrutiny in April 2024 during a Hamburg rally attended by over 1,200 people protesting what they claimed were Islamophobic policies in Germany. Signs at the event, including messages reading “the caliphate is the solution,” sparked widespread media coverage and a heated public debate.
The group has also been accused of rejecting women’s rights and promoting hatred against Israel. Under the ban, Muslim Interaktiv will be dissolved, and its assets confiscated.
Founded in 2020, the group was active online and in Hamburg, claiming that the “entire Muslim community” was being marginalized by politicians and society, according to city officials. Hamburg’s Interior Minister, Andy Grote of the centre-left SPD, described the ban as a move that “eliminated a dangerous and very active Islamist group.”
As part of broader investigations, police also conducted searches in Berlin and the western state of Hesse targeting two other organisations, Generation Islam and Realitaet Islam.
Germany has previously banned several Muslim organisations, including the NGO Ansaar, accused in 2021 of funding Islamist terrorism under the guise of charitable work.
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