The German government closes a mosque for radicalism but closes the street every week so that people can pray in a tent.
Germany closed the Imam Ali mosque in Frankfurt for spreading radical messages. It now broadcasts the message in a marquee on the street with the traffic cut off.
Mosque tent closed for radicalism
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Every Thursday afternoon and every Friday at midday, a stretch of street of Frankfurt remains Partially closed to traffic to allow Collective prayers in front of the Imam Ali Mosque. The participants meet under a Transparent marquee, where dozens of people They pray in a group and listen to the sermon., just in front of a building that It has been officially closed by the State's decision.. This is not a one-off or exceptional event: as the explanation goes, Frankfurt General Newspaper, The scene repeats itself regularly. i It is now part of the weekly landscape of the neighbourhood..
The prayers They do not go unnoticed.. Several neighbours explain that The recitation can be heard outside., with the imam leading the prayer using a microphone. According to local press reports, The imam speaks a little German., especially when it is addressed to the attendees or the curious. It is not a discreet meeting, but rather a sonic and symbolic occupation of public space.
The neighbours have organised themselves to protest.
In the face of the weekly repetition of prayers in the street and the Partial traffic disruption, A group of residents of Frankfurt-Rödelheim has organised itself. Since 1 January a group has… plant in front of the tent where the prayer is held to show their opposition and criticise that a practice affecting traffic and the daily life of the neighbourhood has been tolerated. The The group stands upright, almost silent, in front of the place of prayer. to make the protest visible but prevent it from degenerating into a direct confrontation.
The neighbours have also done formal complaints and communications to the authorities, arguing that The temporary closure is not justified because the activity can be moved to another space. The Town Council itself has suggested alternatives, such as a nearby park, but the organisers of the prayers They have openly denied it.. According to them, They do not want to change the location because the event has a character of resistance.Praying exactly in front of the closed mosque is part of the message and the protest against the closure. This refusal reinforces, according to the neighbours, that It is not just a religious act., but of a deliberate symbolic pressure in public space, tolerated by the authorities despite the nuisance it causes.
The government closed the Imam Ali mosque over radical links.
July 2024, the German federal government ordered the Closure of the Imam Ali Mosque and of the associated cultural centre for its links with Islamist structures like the Iranian regime and the dissemination of messages considered radical and incompatible with the constitutional order. The decision was part of a broader crackdown on Islamic organisations whose activities went beyond purely religious practices and whose links extended to groups such as Hezbollah.
The State considered that the activity carried out in that space It wasn't supposed to continue. However, what has been prohibited inside the building It hasn't disappeared, but it has been literally moved a few metres.
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