Islamic Information Center Ulm

The Islamic Information Center Ulm (IIZ Ulm eV) had been a Da'wa center and a hub for Islamist activities in Ulm (Zeitblomstrasse) since February 1, 1999 . The publication Denk mal islamisch was published in autumn 2003 and later only appeared on the internet. German converts to Islam such as Thomas Hamza Fischer are among the founders of the IIZ . The IIZ offered replacement structures for the multicultural house (MKH) in Neu-Ulm , which was banned on December 28, 2005 . On October 2, 2007 the IIZ disbanded itself.

Members

• Thomas Hamza Fischer (* 1978 † November 2003) died in fighting in Chechnya and was glorified as a martyr in the publication Denk mal Islamisch .

• Yehia Yousif (* 1958 in Alexandria ) is considered a hate preacher . He worked at the MKH and the IIZ and has since gone into hiding. He had joined the Jamaa Islamiya during his student days and was imprisoned in Egypt for a few months after the assassination of President Anwar al-Sadat on October 6, 1981, for supporting the Islamist assassins. In 1988 he received a doctoral position as a doctor at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and received his doctorate summa cum laude. In 1994 he received the Goedecke Research Award . At the same time he preached as " Sheikh Abu Omar" and published articles in Denk mal Islamisch . At times he was an informant for the Office for the Protection of the Constitution .

• Fritz Gelowicz visited a terror camp in Pakistan from March to December 2006 , has been classified as a threat since January 2007 and is a convicted terrorist who was arrested on September 4, 2007 in Oberschledorn and sentenced on March 4, 2010 to twelve years ' imprisonment.

Statement of the IIZ

In the Tagesspiegel of September 9, 2007, the IIZ commented on the suspicion of acting as a meeting point for terrorists. In it, the authors differentiated between “we” (the IIZ and its visitors) and “you” (the “outsiders”) and took the position of having Allah behind them. The IIZ is “repeatedly brought into disrepute”, although it is “a peaceful group” of Muslims and “everyone is warmly welcomed”. Therefore, one cannot control who visits the center.

The allegations against the IIZ had come about “once again” in a “really outrageous, insidious and deceptive manner”. The authors of the statement suspect that society's morality has been lost and feel "betrayed and offended". They will fight back and not allow the center to be closed. The authors invoked religious freedom and democracy , in whose name, however, a " smear campaign " against Muslims was taking place in America and Europe . The reason for this, the authors suspect, is that non-Muslims cannot accept it when someone quits the church and converts to Islam “for coronation”. This presumption is connected with the wish that he who “ follows the path of light” may be “ guided ”.

After all, the announcement states that the suspects have not visited the IIZ for years. The authors call on the judiciary to publish the current membership list and the confiscated books of the IIZ - the "harmless" ones.

Web links

• The IIZ Mosque Ulm homepage is currently (September 7, 2007) blocked by the provider.
• Eric Gujer: “ Islamists from the Swabian Province ”, NZZ Online on July 21, 2006
• Declaration by the Islamic Information Center in Ulm , Der Tagesspiegel on September 9, 2007

Individual evidence

1. ↑ We have a Dawa Center IIZ-Ulm eV (Islamic Information Center) in Ulm: Call to Islam  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Baden-Württemberg : 10/2004 - Hetzischer article in the magazine "Denk mal islamisch" ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Dr. med. Y.Yousif (Sheikh Abu Omar) in DMiZ No. 52 February 2006: Human rights on the serving plate ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Günther Beckstein March 28, 2007: Presentation of the report for the protection of the constitution for the year 2006 ( memento of the original of July 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ Crime: Germany-wide raids against Islamists , Die Zeit on April 23, 2008
6. ↑ Kai Biermann : “ Terrorism Homemade ”, ZEIT online on September 6, 2007
7. ↑ ^{a b} Rüdiger Bässler: " The Ulm Connection ", taz.de on September 6, 2007
8. ↑ State Office for the Protection of the Constitution BW: 08/2005 - Lectures by a well-known Islamist from the Ulm / Neu-Ulm area on the Internet ( memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Markus Wanzeck: " Terror arrests, the suspects and their backgrounds ", stern.de on September 7, 2007
10. ↑ "OLG Düsseldorf imposes long prison sentences" ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2010 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated September 4, 2010  
11. ^ Statement by the IIZ , Tagesspiegel on September 9, 2007

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