AKI reports on a new German government report from the Office of Protection of the Constitution:
As an example, the report mentioned the arrests of militants on 4 September 2007, when three individuals allegedly planned attacks on American institutions in Germany and were caught with bomb-making material.
By the end of 2007 there were 30 nationwide active Islamist organisations said the report, an increase of two from the previous year.
Among them, 1,390 active followers of the Muslim Brotherhood, and about 900 followers of Lebanese Shia radical group Hezbollah.
The report mentions Chechen militants but it said their followers in Germany have so far done it without violence.
According to this bizarre story at Expatica, a 73-year-old German man has been charged with spying for Saudi Arabia:
The man, whose name remains a secret, is alleged to have regularly provided information to Saudi agents in Berlin from December 2003 to March 2007 in return for money and other benefits.
According to the charges, the man evaluated press reports and newspapers on the internet. He is also suspected of providing information about individuals, events and organizations of particular interest to the Saudis
Another AKI report notes a new policy in Denmark banning judges from wearing of any religious symbols in court:
On Wednesday justice minister Lene Espersen said a bill was due later this year that would regulate what judges should wear.
But in a dissenting view, the refugee, immigration and integration affairs minister Birthe Ronn Hornbech attacked the DPP proposal as "anti-Muslim". She said judges should themselves be allowed to decide what to wear.
Jorgen Lougart, chairman of the association of Danish judges has questioned the government's plans, noting that religious dress was "not really an issue" because none of its members had recently converted to other religions.
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