The internet is seen as a vital rallying point for international terrorist groups. Incitement to violence and propaganda materials are regularly put online from Switzerland, and the government has established an expert group to monitor jihadism on the Web.
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Mosque struggles to shrug off extremist label
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In an upstairs office of the mosque, an old building in the throes of renovation, Imam Khalid ben Mohamed, an affable political refugee from Algeria who has lived in Switzerland for 17 years, welcomes swissinfo.ch with a smile. In this interview, ben Mohamed discusses the reasons behind the mosque’s decision to restrict media access to…
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Many unanswered questions remain, but the arrest in Kenya of a 19-year-old student from Biel has shaken the Swiss city in canton Bern and especially the Muslim community, which makes up almost ten per cent of the 50,000 inhabitants. The student, known only as M.N., was charged with having joined a jihadist movement in Somalia.…
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“The Jordanian citizen … arrested in Kenya, may not enter Swiss territory until further notice,” said the Swiss justice ministry in a statement. “Clear evidence shows that he visited regions of Somalia where jihadist groups are involved in conflict (against the government). It also appears that he had contact with Islamist elements in Switzerland.” The Federal…
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Hans Wegmüller, who heads the strategic intelligence service, said the United States would probably step up pressure as the search for suspected terrorists progresses in the wake of the September 11 attacks. “We will have to explain again and again what role certain institutions in Switzerland have played and what activities they have been involved…
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Presenting its annual report for 2011, the office said on Thursday it had launched several investigations against operators of websites containing scenes of extreme violence, instruction manuals on violence or cases of incitement to commit violent acts. Switzerland has not been a target of acts of terror and there is no evidence to suggest that there…
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