Germany monitors Koran distribution by Salafists

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A branch of the German security service is monitoring a campaign by Salafist Muslims to give away 25 million Korans to see if it violates constitutional rules on religious freedom.



Non-Muslims in Germany can use the project to get a copy on the streets or order one online

11 April 2012 Last updated at 14:48 ET

Ibrahim Abou Nagie, a Cologne-based preacher, says he wants to save non-Muslims from hell.

The interior ministry in North Rhine-Westphalia said the campaign was a form of aggressive proselytising.

So far, about 300,000 copies have been given away.

Salafists are very conservative Muslims who try to emulate the earliest followers of the Prophet Muhammad.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17680908

[trotsky]

1. In German, the verb "to read" is LESEN. "ley-zen"

When you turn it into an informal imperative, you drop the EN and add an "I" to the first vowel sound. The resulting word is pronounced "lees".

Here's a pic of image on their posters and T-shirts showing how it's spelled:



Couldn't be more appropriate for the distribution of someone's holy book, IMO.

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2. That's an interesting observation.

[Odin2005]

3. Given that AQ is Salafist this should not be suprising.