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Germany’s Salafists clash with the radical right

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German police launch major crackdown on Salafist Muslims

Homes, mosques and meeting halls raided across country and radical organization banned

Salafist supporters pray as they counter-protest against a demonstration by right-wing pro NRW supporters outside the new Central Mosque (Zentralmoschee) in Ehrenfeld district, on May 8, 2012 in Cologne, Germany.

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