Al Salam 313

Al Salam 313 is a criminal organization active in several European countries.

According to its own information, the group was founded in 2016 and, in addition to Germany, is also active in other European countries such as Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands. According to self-portrayal in a confessional video, the leader of the organization is Mohamed Bunia, who calls himself Abu Mehdi. In Shiite Islam, a Mehdi or Mahdi is a descendant of the Prophet Mohammed sent by God . The Imam Mahdi to the doctrine according to end times appear and eliminate together with 313 companions injustice in the world. The group's logo is a white dove, based on the logo of the Iraqi paramilitary force Mahdi Army , to which close ties are suspected.

The origin of the group is related to confrontations in the drug environment . In the wake of the refugee crisis , Lebanese clans in the North Rhine-Westphalia region increasingly recruited young migrants as drug dealers. Shortly afterwards, extended families from the crisis areas of Syria and Iraq began fighting with the local clans for drug sanctuaries and other business areas. At the end of 2017, members of the Al-Zein clan are said to have attacked the Essen tea room of the leader of Al Salam 313 and knocked him down, as a result of which the now strongly networked group aroused the attention of the investigative authorities and the state security. On May 22, 2019, as part of a large-scale raid, there were investigations into violations of the War Weapons Control Act , smuggling crime , forgery of documents and criminal offenses in the field of drug crime . During the same period, the group reported death threats against Iraqi refugees who had spoken publicly critical of Iraq or who allegedly did not behave in accordance with Sharia law as women .

Web links

• Iraq / Europe: "Al Salam 313": An Iraqi rock gang intimidates dissidents in Europe. by Alex Bühler and Marc Bach ( SWR ), as of October 21, 2019
• Who is Al-Salam-313? by Esther Felden and Matthias von Hein ( Deutsche Welle ), May 22, 2019
• "God will send someone to you": How Islamic rockers became victims of their own threats. by Axel Spilcker ( Focus Online ), May 24, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Esther Felden, Matthias von Hein: Who is Al-Salam-313? In: DW.com (Deutsche Welle). May 22, 2019, accessed October 24, 2019 .  
2. ↑ This is "Al Salam 313". In: WAZ.de (Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung). May 22, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .  
3. ↑ Matthias Biesel: Strike against "Al-Salam-313": Police target Iraqi rocker group in NRW. In: DerWesten.de. May 22, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .  
4. ↑ crackdown Rocker organization in North Rhine-Westphalia. In: Zeit Online. May 22, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .  
5. ↑ SEK searches the rooms of Al-Salam-313 in Dortmund - a major raid throughout North Rhine-Westphalia. In: RuhrNachrichten.de. May 22, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .  
6. ↑ Alex Bühler, Marc Bach: Iraq / Europe: "Al Salam 313": An Iraqi rock gang intimidates dissidents in Europe. In: DasErste.de. October 21, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .