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Intelligence Report: Saudi Arabia and Gulf States "Support Islamic Extremism in Germany"
(Independent-UK) Lizzie Dearden - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar are supporting extremist Islamic groups in Germany, according to an intelligence report by Germany's BfV domestic intelligence agency and the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) seen by the Suddeutsche Zeitung. The report said fundamentalist Salafism in Germany already has 10,000 followers and is growing. It accused Gulf groups of funding mosques, religious schools, hardline preachers and conversion groups to spread the ideology. The report named the Saudi Muslim World League, Sheikh Eid Bin Mohammad al-Thani Charitable Association and Kuwaiti Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS), all of which were "closely connected with government offices in their home countries."