BERLIN — The German authorities on Wednesday banned a Muslim group over accusations of violating human rights and the nation’s democratic values, and performed raids in opposition to two different Muslim teams.

The Inside Ministry mentioned Muslim Interaktiv represented a menace to the nation’s constitutional order by selling antisemitism and discrimination in opposition to ladies and sexual minorities.

A number of hundred law enforcement officials searched seven premises within the northern metropolis of Hamburg linked to Muslim Interaktiv, in addition to 12 different premises in Berlin and the central German state of Hesse in reference to two different Muslim teams — Era Islam and Actuality Islam.

The authorities in Hamburg confiscated belongings together with money, knowledge saved on computer systems, and handwritten notes. Muslim Interaktiv’s web sites have been additionally shut down and the group is banned from persevering with its actions and from actively displaying any symbols of Muslim Interaktiv.

Muslim Interaktiv is thought for a savvy on-line presence used to enchantment particularly to younger Muslims who might really feel alienated or discriminated in opposition to in Germany’s Christian majority society.

The federal government argued the group was a selected menace as a result of it promoted Islam as the only real mannequin for the social order and maintained that Islamic legislation ought to take priority over German legislation in regulating life within the Muslim group, together with in areas such because the therapy of girls.

“We are going to reply with the complete power of the legislation to anybody who aggressively requires a caliphate on our streets, incites hatred in opposition to the state of Israel and Jews in an insupportable method, and despises the rights of girls and minorities,” Inside Minister Alexander Dobrindt mentioned.

“We is not going to enable organizations similar to Muslim Interaktiv to undermine our free society with their hatred, despise our democracy, and assault our nation from inside,” he added.

Germany has in recent times been appearing extra forcefully in opposition to extremism, and banned a number of extremist teams — together with a number of far-right and Muslim organizations. The newest crackdown comes after a spate of assaults by Muslim extremists and far-right teams plotting to overturn the nation’s order.

The Inside Ministry mentioned Muslim Interaktiv “is especially against gender equality and freedom of sexual orientation and gender identification.”

“This expresses an intolerance that’s incompatible with democracy and human rights,” it added.

The federal government mentioned Muslim Interaktiv sought to indoctrinate as many individuals as potential to “create everlasting enemies of the structure so as to constantly undermine the constitutional order.”

Andy Grote, the inside state minister of Hamburg, the place the group was particularly energetic, applauded the ban and known as it a blow in opposition to “trendy TikTok Islamism,” in line with German information company dpa.

In a latest report, the home intelligence service of Hamburg mentioned Muslim Interaktiv’s leaders used on-line posts and movies to deal with socially related subjects so as to exploit them “to painting a supposedly ongoing perspective of rejection by politics and society in Germany in the direction of all the Muslim group,” dpa reported.

Ahmad Mansour, a distinguished activist in opposition to Muslim extremism in Germany, wrote on X: “It’s proper and crucial that Inside Minister Dobrindt has banned this group.”

He described Muslim Interaktiv as “a part of an Islamist community that has change into considerably extra aggressive and harmful in latest months. They perform intimidation campaigns, particularly mobilize younger folks, and try and indoctrinate them with Islamist ideology.”

Muslim Interaktiv, whose on-line presence was disabled on Wednesday, couldn’t be reached for remark.