[Dossier] DITIB (Islamic Lobby)

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DITIB is the largest Islamic organization in Germany and maintains about 900 clubs and mosques in Germany. DITIB is subordinate to the Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet Isleri Baskanligi). The imams sent from Turkey to DITIB are thus de facto civil servants of the Turkish state. Due to various controversies DITIB was repeatedly considered by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution/domestic intelligence agency (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz). So far however this never happened. [1] [2] [3] [4]

[1] http://www.ditib.de/default.php?id=5&lang=de
[2] http://www.ditib.de/default1.php?id=5&sid=8&lang=de
[3] DITIB als verlängerter Arm des Türkischen Präsidenten Erdo?an 2018-04-25
http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/19/018/1901869.pdf
[4] Verfassungsschützer wollen keinen Bruch mit Ditib 2018-11-09
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/ditib-verfassungsschutz-1.4204751
  1. DITIB and its closeness to Violence, Islamism and Jihadism
    1. DITIB and Commemorative Events
    2. DITIB spreads Agitation against other Faithfuls
    3. DITIB glorifies Martyrdom and Violence
    4. DITIB Board Members sympathize with Jihadists
    5. European Islam
  2. DITIB denies the Armenian Genocide
  3. DITIB and the Turkish Government infiltrate Germany
    1. The agenda of DITIB in Germany
    2. DITIB serves the Turkish Government as a Means of Espionage
    3. DITIB infiltrates Germany
  4. DITIB, its Allies and the Observation by the Domestic Intelligence Service

DITIB and its closeness to Violence, Islamism and Jihadism

DITIB and Commemorative Events

After the terrorist attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in France a commemorative event with politicians and several Islamic associations as well as DITIB took place. The event took place on January 13, 2015 in front of the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin) and under the name "Mahnwache für Toleranz und gegen Extremismus" (Vigilance for Tolerance and against Extremism). The event was supposed to be a powerful sign against terrorism and that Islam belongs to Germany. [5] [6]

In fact the idea for the event came from an employee from the Federal Chancellery who worked for the then Minister of State for Integration Aydan Özoguz (SPD). The costs for the event were not borne by the Islamic associations as well as DITIB but by the political parties. And for the participation in the event pressure had to be exerted on the Islamic associations as well as DITIB. The event was thus not a demonstration of Islamic associations but a state organized play. [7] [8]

DITIB spreads Agitation against other Faithfuls

In November 2015 a local DITIB association distributed anti-Jewish texts. In addition to information about religious events the local DITIB association in Melsungen (Hesse) has spread a collection of anti-Jewish statements. The statements are based on typical anti-Jewish ideas. [9] [11]
The Jews preach good things but do not stop doing evil things.
The Jews are mean.
Jews have killed their own prophets.
Jews are stingy.
Jews are weak fighters.

DITIB, Melsungen (Hessen) [9]
In a statement the state board of DITIB in Hesse distanced itself from the statements. In addition DITIB defends itself that the author has acted independently and that each local association is legally and factually responsible for itself and independent. [10]

DITIB glorifies Martyrdom and Violence

In April 2016 the Turkish religious authority Diyanet of which DITIB is subordinated published a comic book thaat glorified martyrdom. The comic appeared in the April 2016 edition of Diyanet's youth magazine. In the comic parents explain to their children how honorable and desirable the martyr's death is. The children reply is that they then wish to die as martyrs. [12] [13]

The Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia demanded a statement from DITIB the offshoot of Diyanet in Germany. The then Minister of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia Thomas Kutschaty (SPD) has then terminated the cooperation with DITIB in the prevention program against Salafism called "Wegweiser" (Guide). Furthermore all preachers of DITIB should then be checked by the domestic intelligence service (Verfassungsschutz). According to DITIB the decision was politically motivated and only a means of profiling in the election campaign. [14]

In April 2018 recordings were made that show how preschoolers pretended to play war in military uniforms and Turkish flags. In the plays the children march in soldier's uniforms, playing that they are hit by bullets and go to the ground. Then the children are covered with Turkish flags and girls sing about their martyr's death. The performance is supposed to commemorate the Battle of Gallipoli of the Ottoman Empire against France and Great Britain in 1915. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

The war scenes with children took place at least in DITIB mosques in Herford, Mönchengladbach (North Rhine-Westphalia) and Ulm (Baden-Württemberg) as well as in mosques of ATIB the equivalent of DITIB in Austria. According to research by WDR (public broadcaster in Germany) such events took place in more than 80 locations. According to the Integration Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Joachim Stamp (FDP) the event has confirmed the suspicion that DITIB acts in the political interests of the Turkish government. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

In January 2018 during the illegal military operation of the Turkish government in Afrin (Syria) DITIB mosques held prayers for the operation and glorified the operation. For this prayers were held in mosques from DITIB and in social networks recordings of the operation were spread. In addition it was called that children should take part in the prayers as well. And the Turkish religious attache in Germany Ahmet Fuat Candir demanded unity from the believers for Erdogans war in Syria. [22] [23] [24]

As a result DITIB has been promoting journey for young adults to Turkey. To conclude these trips talks were supposed to be held with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AKP). And for this Erdogan (AKP) was praised as "our supreme army commander". [25] [26]

Following the events there were attacks on 12 clubs and 26 Turkish mosques in Germany of which 18 belonged to the DITIB. According to the German government the attacks were a consequence of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict in and around Afrin (Syria). [23] [27]

DITIB Board Members sympathize with Jihadists

In Dinslaken-Lohberg (North Rhine-Westphalia) there were declarations of sympathy and connections to jihadists. In 2013 more than 20 men from Dinslaken traveled to Syria and joined the IS. The group called itself Lohberger Brigade and at least one person was also active at DITIB. At least four of them died in Syria. [28]

And in July 2015 it was announced that a local board member of DITIB has posed with outstretched index finger. The outstretched index finger is considered to be a distinguishing sign of Salafists and members of the IS. The gesture represents the unity and uniqueness of God (Tauhid) and that there is no God but Allah. The responsible board member then resigned from office. [29]

And in February 2017 it became known that the chairman of DITIB in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg Ishak Kocaman sympathizes with Islamists and Jihadists. Kocaman also posed with his outstretched index finger (Tauhid) and in social networks he spread the slogans "Democracy is not binding on us ... We are bound by Allah's book, the Koran." as well as "I spit in the face of the Turks and Kurds who do not live islamic. What value do they have, if they are not Muslims. ". In addition, he took part in a pilgrimage in which the fight against non-Muslims was promoted. On request Kocaman claimed that the allegations against him were groundless, DITIB asserted that it was an isolated incident and Kocaman resigned. [30] [31]

[1] http://www.ditib.de/default.php?id=5&lang=de
[2] http://www.ditib.de/default1.php?id=5&sid=8&lang=de
[3] DITIB als verlängerter Arm des Türkischen Präsidenten Erdo?an 2018-04-25
http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/19/018/1901869.pdf
[4] Verfassungsschützer wollen keinen Bruch mit Ditib 2018-11-09
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/ditib-verfassungsschutz-1.4204751
[5] ?Euer Hass ist unser Ansporn? 2015-01-13
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article136340384/Euer-Hass-ist-unser-Ansporn.html
[6] Mahnwache in Berlin : Wenn Vielfalt zu Stärke wird 2015-01-13
https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2015-01/mahnwache-brandenburger-tor-paris-joachim-gauck/komplettansicht
[7] Mahnwache : Parteien sollen für Demo gegen Islamismus zahlen 2015-07-26
https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2015-07/mahnwache-cdu-spd-islamismus-muslime
[8] Wie die Politik den Anti-Terror-Islam inszeniert 2017-07-26
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article144444970/Wie-die-Politik-den-Anti-Terror-Islam-inszeniert.html
[9] Ditib-Gemeinde stellt antisemitische Hetze ins Netz 2015-11-24
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article149205946/Ditib-Gemeinde-stellt-antisemitische-Hetze-ins-Netz.html
[10] Stellungnahme des DITIB-Landesvorstands Hessen zum Ortsverein DITIB-Melsungen 2015-11-24
http://www.ditib.de/detail1.php?id=491&lang=de
[11] defacto deckt auf: DITIB-Hetze gegen Juden und Christen? 2017-01-30
https://youtu.be/VKAUkHfubIU
[12] Diyanet çocuklara seslendi: ?ehit olun 2016-03-28
http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/turkiye/505751/Diyanet_cocuklara_seslendi__Sehit_olun.html
[13] Religionshüter Diyanet - Türkische Behörde animiert Kinder zum Märtyrertod 2016-04-01
https://www.stern.de/politik/ausland/tuerkei--religionshueter-animieren-kinder-per-comic-zum-maertyrertod-6772240.html
[14] Umstrittener Islamverband - Verfassungsschutz überprüft Imame der Ditib 2016-09-22
https://www.ksta.de/nrw/umstrittener-islamverband-verfassungsschutz-ueberprueft-imame-der-ditib-24788142
[15] Kinder in Soldatenuniform: Neue Aufnahmen aus weiteren Ditib-Moscheen 2018-04-18
http://www.nw.de/nachrichten/regionale_politik/22115539_Kinder-in-Soldatenuniform-Neue-Aufnahmen-aus-weiteren-Ditib-Moscheen.html
[16] DITIB-KOMMENTAR : Kleine Märtyrer 2018-04-28
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/ditib-kommentar-kleine-maertyrer-spielen-krieg-in-moscheen-15563873.html
[17] Dieses Video zeigt: Ditib-Moschee in Mönchengladbach lässt kleine Kinder Krieg spielen 2018-04-17
https://www.buzzfeed.com/topel/ditib-moschee-kinder-krieg-propaganda-moenchengladbach
[18] Ditib-Feiern in Deutschland - Gedenken oder Kriegspropaganda? 2018-04-20
http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/ditib-127.html
[19] Kinder in Ditib Moscheen für Kriegshetze instrumentalisiert 2018-04-27
https://youtu.be/MV2yxUKRNxc
[20] Die kleinen Ditib-Krieger in NRW sind keine Einzelfälle 2018-06-06
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article177082784/Militaerparaden-in-Moscheen-Die-kleinen-Ditib-Krieger-in-NRW-sind-keine-Einzelfaelle.html
[21] Kinder übten in Tarnuniformen in Moschee 2018-04-17
https://wien.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2907403/
[22] Einmarsch in Syrien Ditib - lässt in Deutschland für türkischen Sieg beten 2018-01-22
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ditib-laesst-in-deutschland-fuer-sieg-der-tuerkei-in-syrien-beten-a-1189223.html
[23] Gebete für türkischen Sieg in Nordsyrien? Ditib streitet alles ab 2018-01-23
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article172771958/Islamverband-Gebete-fuer-tuerkischen-Sieg-in-Nordsyrien-Ditib-streitet-alles-ab.html
[24] Ditib und die türkische Offensive in Syrien - „Plumpe Kriegspropaganda“ 2018-01-25
http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ditib-und-die-tuerkische-offensive-in-syrien-plumpe.886.de.html?dram:article_id=409096
[25] KRITIK VON VOLKER BECK : Ditib organisiert Jugend-Reise zum „Heerführer“ Erdogan 2018-03-12
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/ditib-organisiert-jugend-reise-zum-heerfuehrer-erdogan-15489663.html
[26] Moscheeverein Ditib in Deutschland - "U-Boot des türkischen Staates" 2018-03-17
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ditib-werbung-fuer-recep-tayyip-erdogan-in-deutschland-a-1198649.html
[27] „Die Brandanschläge zeigen, welches Eskalationspotenzial der Konflikt birgt“ 2018-03-16
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article174602933/Angriffe-auf-Moscheen-Die-Brandanschlaege-zeigen-welches-Eskalationspotenzial-der-Konflikt-birgt.html
[28] BETEN FÜR DIE TÜRKEI - „Allah, führe unsere glorreiche Armee zum Sieg!“ 2019-10-14
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article201888152/Moscheen-fuer-Tuerkei-Allah-fuehre-unsere-Armee-zum-Sieg.html
[29] DSCHIHADISTEN IN DINSLAKEN : Mit dem Gestus der Salafisten 2015-07-13
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/f-a-z-und-report-muenchen-berichten-ueber-dschihadisten-in-dinslaken-13699018.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_2
[30] Dinslaken : Lohberger Moschee-Vorstand tritt zurück 2015-07-17
https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/dinslaken/lohberger-moschee-vorstand-tritt-zurueck_aid-21915859
[31] Spalten statt integrieren: Einblick bei DITIB u.a. in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg | Panorama 3 | NDR 2017-02-22
https://youtu.be/V7RC8leOGxw
[32] Was tut DITIB gegen Hetze? | Panorama 3 | NDR 2017-03-29
https://youtu.be/BIEEeiXFPfg

European Islam

DITIB is the largest Islamic organization in Germany and maintains about 900 clubs and mosques in Germany. DITIB is subordinate to the Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet Isleri Baskanligi). The imams sent from Turkey to DITIB are thus de facto civil servants of the Turkish state. Due to various controversies DITIB was repeatedly considered by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution/domestic intelligence agency (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz). So far however this never happened. [1] [2] [3] [4]

On September 29, 2018, the DITIB Central Mosque was opened in Cologne (Germany). It should be an example of interreligious and intercultural dialogue and promote common work for cohesion and coexistence in the city. The former Mayor of Cologne Fritz Schramma (CDU) has been promotin the construction of the DITIB Central Mosque in Cologne for years and wanted to celebrate the opening with the whole city. However Schramma was not invited instead Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to open the mosque under massive police protection. But instead of acknowledging the concessions Erdogan accused Germany of discriminating Muslims. This has caused a scandal which is why some have called Schramma and others as useful idiots who are now no longer useful and therefore only idiots. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Between 2nd and 4th January 2019 DITIB invited to the second meeting of European Muslims in Cologne. The event was attended by 100 participants from 17 countries including radical Islamists and members from the Muslim Brotherhood. A spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia said it is known that Turkey supports the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood is originally from Egypt and is considered to be the largest movement of Islamists. Although it is an observation object of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution/domestic intelligence agency (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz) it is not prohibited in Germany. According to the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia it was therefore worrying: [10] [11] [12]
dass die in der jüngeren Vergangenheit durch türkisch-nationalistische Aktivitäten in die Kritik geratene Ditib sich gegenüber der islamistischen Muslimbruderschaft nicht abgrenzt, sondern offensichtlich Beziehungen zu Personen aus diesem Spektrum pflegt

that Ditib that was recently criticized for Turkish-nationalist activities is not distancing itself from the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood but instead obviously maintains relationships with people from this spectrum [10]
Among the participants was the President of the German Muslim Community (deutsch muslimische Gemeinschaft) Ibrahim El-Zayat. According to the interior ministry and the Office for the Protection of the Constitution/domestic intelligence agency (Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz) of North Rhine-Westphalia El-Zayat is a part of to the spectrum of the Muslim Brotherhood. Also present were Khaled Hanafy and Imam Hussein Halawa leaders of the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR). Egypt-born Halawa from Ireland officially serves as secretary-general of the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR). According to the Ministry of the Interior and the Office for the Protection of the Constitution/domestic intelligence agency (Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz) of North Rhine-Westphalia they belong to the Islamist spectrum. The district mayor of Cologne-Ehrenfeld Josef Wirges (SPD) called it explosive that the largest Sunni Islamic organization in Germany invites Islamists and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood. The liberal Muslim Seyran Ates is co-founder of the Ibn Rushd Goethe Mosque in Berlin in which men, women as well as homosexuals and transsexuals are equal. Ates says that DITIB makes a common cause of radicals: [13]
Was die Diyanet und was die Muslimbrüder hier verbreiten ist ein sehr rückwärtsgewandter Islam. Ein sehr auch deutschenfeindlicher, deutschlandfeindlicher Islam, der auf Separatismus ausgerichtet ist, der auf Parallelgesellschaften ausgerichtet ist, der auf nicht integrieren in die deutsche Gesellschaft hinein, sondern unter Wahrung des eigenen Islamverständnis hier eine eigene Parallelwelt aufbaut.

What the Diyanet and what the Muslim Brotherhood spread here is a very backward-looking Islam. A very anti-German, anti-Germans Islam which is geared to separatism, which is geared to parallel societies, which does not integrate into German society but builds a separate parallel world here while preserving its own understanding of Islam. [13]
The founder of the Muslim Brotherhood Hassan al-Banna pleaded for the Koran and the Sunnah as the perfect constitution and social order for the people. According to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution/domestic intelligence agency (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz) the German Muslim Community (deutsch muslimische Gemeinschaft) or formerly the Islamic Community in Germany (Islamische Gemeinschaft in Deutschland) from Ibrahim El-Zayat acts as the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Germany. Its goal of creating a social and political system based on Sharia violates the free democratic basic order. According to the head of Office for the Protection of the Constitution/domestic intelligence agency (Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz) of North Rhine-Westphalia Burkhard Freier the German Muslim community pursues above all the establishment of an islamic theocracy and in the last consequence also in Germany despite contrary assurances. Freier warned that the increased influence exercised by the Muslim Brotherhood would pose a far greater threat to German democracy than to the radical Islamic Salafist scene.
The European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) by Khaled Hanafy and Imam Hussein Halawa represents many radical Islamic positions. The founder Yusuf al-Qaradawi pleads in his own show on the Qatari TV channel Al Jazeera for the polygamy of one man with several women to the death penalty for apostasy. And Halawa condemned same-sex relationships in an interview. [14] [15]
Homosexuality is a sin. The people who do it will be judged in the afterlife.
Imam Hussein Halawa [15]
The closing declaration of the conference stated that there is no German or European Islam but only a global Islam. The conflict of some participants with the free democratic basic order seems to be irrelevant. [16]
Daneben steht die Einschränkung des Islams, der durch adjektivische Bestimmung einer bestimmten Region oder einer Nation zugeschrieben wird - wie ?deutscher Islam?, ?französischer Islam?, ?belgischer Islam? oder ?europäischer Islam? usw. - im Widerspruch zur Universalität des Islams, der alle Epochen und Orte zugleich erleuchtet.

In addition the restriction of Islam, which is attributed by adjectival determination of a particular region or nation - such as "German Islam", "French Islam", "Belgian Islam" or "European Islam", etc. - is contrary to the universality of Islam, which enlightens all epochs and places at the same time. [16]
In addition Ahmet Dilek was confirmed in the new elections of the Board. Dilek was responsible for the 2016 spy scandal. In 2016 DITIB denounced four teachers from North Rhine-Westphalia to the Turkish religious authority Diyanet as alleged terrorists. In total dossiers of 28 people and 11 institutions were sent by DITIB preachers to Ankara. [17] [18]

The recognition gesture of the Muslim Brotherhood is four outstretched fingers of one hand. Erdogan does this regularly at public events. This is another reason why some warned in advance against the opening of the new DITIB Mosque in Cologne. These voices were dismissed as unfounded. Now it is clear that after only a few months unrestrained radical Muslims are invited to dialogue.

[1] http://www.ditib.de/default.php?id=5&lang=de
[2] http://www.ditib.de/default1.php?id=5&sid=8&lang=de
[3] DITIB als verlängerter Arm des Türkischen Präsidenten Erdo?an 2018-04-25
http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/19/018/1901869.pdf
[4] Verfassungsschützer wollen keinen Bruch mit Ditib 2018-11-09
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/ditib-verfassungsschutz-1.4204751
[5] Erdogan-Besuch in NRW ? Bürgermeister klagt an: ?Wir fühlen uns von der Ditib verar***t!? 2018-09-25
https://www.derwesten.de/region/recep-tayyip-erdogan-koeln-ditib-moschee-id215413869.html
[6] ERDOGAN ERÖFFNET DITIB-MOSCHEE: ?Ein Akt der absoluten Unhöflichkeit? 2018-09-27
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/erdogans-moschee-eroeffnung-erntet-kritik-von-koelns-ex-buergermeister-15807559.html
[7] Vorwürfe gegen Ditib - Der lange Arm in die Moscheen 2018-09-29
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/erdogan-ditib-101.html
[8] Moschee eröffnet: Erdogan kritisiert Diskriminierung von Muslimen 2018-09-29
https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/rheinland/erdogan-koeln-moschee-aktuell-100.html
[9] Der eigentliche Ditib-Skandal liegt in der Naivität der Deutschen 2018-09-30
https://www.welt.de/debatte/kommentare/article181719814/Erdogans-Islamverband-Der-Ditib-Skandal-liegt-in-der-Naivitaet-der-Deutschen.html
[10] Islamkonferenz Radikale Islamisten nahmen an Ditib-Konferenz in Köln teil 2019-01-06
https://www.ksta.de/koeln/islamkonferenz-radikale-islamisten-nahmen-an-ditib-konferenz-in-koeln-teil-31834048
[11] Islamisten offenbar bei Ditib-Konferenz 2019-01-07
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/islamisten-offenbar-bei-ditib-konferenz-in-koeln-15976053.html
[12] Politiker kritisieren Einladung von Muslimbrüdern 2019-01-09
https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2019-01/ditib-moscheeverband-muslimbrueder-koeln-kritik
[13] Islamkonferenz - Radikale Islamisten nahmen an DITIB-Konferenz in Köln teil 2019-01-07
https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/video/sendungen/aktuelle-stunde/video-islamkonferenz---radikale-islamisten-nahmen-an-ditib-konferenz-in-koeln-teil--100.html
[14] Mehrtägige Islamkonferenz - Türkische Regierung lädt Extremisten in die Kölner Ditib-Zentralmoschee 2019-01-08
https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/mehrtaegige-islamkonferenz-tuerkische-regierung-laedt-extremisten-in-die-koelner-ditib-zentralmoschee_id_10151660.html
[15] Verfassungsschützer: Muslimbrüder wollen Deutschland in islamischen Gottesstaat verwandeln 2018-12-11
https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/zentralrat-im-blick-der-islamisten-verfassungsschuetzer-muslimbrueder-wollen-deutschland-in-islamischen-gottesstaat-verwandeln_id_10048434.html
[16] Das II. Treffen der europäischen Muslime wurde mit Verlesung der Abschlusserklärung beendet 2019-01-04
http://www.ditib.de/detail1.php?id=660&lang=de
[17] Wahl bei der Ditib Verantwortlicher für Spionageskandal als Verbands-Vize bestätigt 2019-01-08
https://www.ksta.de/koeln/wahl-bei-der-ditib-verantwortlicher-fuer-spionageskandal-als-verbands-vize-bestaetigt-31844030
[18] Spionage Spitzel-Skandal um Imame der Ditib zieht weitere Kreise 2017-02-05
https://www.ksta.de/politik/spionage-spitzel-skandal-um-imame-der-ditib-zieht-weitere-kreise-25679810

DITIB denies the Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide was the systematic genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The number of people killed in the massacres and death marches that took place in 1915 and 1916 considered to be between several hundreds of thousands and several millions. Various historians and states around the world recognize the genocide of the Armenians as a fact. The official Turkish historiography and the government of the Turkish Republic on the other hand denies the genocide of the Armenians and describe the events as war-related and necessary for security. For this purpose it is claimed that Armenians betrayed the Ottoman Empire, supported its former opponents of the war, in their turn committed massacres of Muslims and consequently were collectively punished.

In the course of the vote in the German Bundestag to recognize the Armenian genocide there was massive resistance from Turkish associations, organizations and also DITIB. An alliance from the Turkish community of Berlin, the Union of European Turkish Democrats (Union Europäisch-Türkischer Demokraten/UETD), DITIB and others organized demonstrations against the recognition on June 2, 2016. And in a joint letter DITIB also called on the members of the Bundestag to decide against the recognition. [6] [7]

After the recognition by the Bundestag DITIB invited various politicians from breaking the fasting during Ramadan (Iftar). Among them was the then Bundestag President Norbert Lammert (CDU) and the Minister of State for Integration Aydan Özoguz (SPD) which had not voted against the recognition. [5]

[1] http://www.ditib.de/default.php?id=5&lang=de
[2] http://www.ditib.de/default1.php?id=5&sid=8&lang=de
[3] DITIB als verlängerter Arm des Türkischen Präsidenten Erdo?an 2018-04-25
http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/19/018/1901869.pdf
[4] Verfassungsschützer wollen keinen Bruch mit Ditib 2018-11-09
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/ditib-verfassungsschutz-1.4204751
[5] Armenien-Resolution - Islamverband lädt Staatsministerin aus 2016-06-16
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/armenien-resolution-islamverband-ditib-laedt-aydan-oezoguz-aus-a-1097939.html
[6] Völkermord an den Armeniern - Protest gegen Bundestags-Resolution 2016-05-25
http://www.taz.de/!5307743/
[7] Armenien-Resolution - Der Bundestag darf sich nicht um Erdogan kümmern 2016-05-28
http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/armenien-resolution-der-bundestag-darf-sich-nicht-um-erdogan-kuemmern/13655174.html

DITIB and the Turkish Government infiltrate Germany

The agenda of DITIB in Germany

The statutes of DITIB grant the Turkish government tremendous freedom over the local events. Paragraph 4 of DITIB's statutes grants representatives of the Turkish Religious Office in Ankara the right to be admitted to the association. Thus the Turkish government can command by the Turkish religious office DITIB and interfere in the internal affairs of Germany. [5]

According to paragraph 11 DITIB has an advisory board made up of five religious commissioners whose task is to advise DITIB on all important matters. And according to paragraph 12 the chairman of this advisory board can only be the President of the Religious Affairs Office of the Republic of Turkey. Thus the statute of the Turkish government grants additional opportunities to interfere in the internal affairs of Germany. [6]

And according to paragraph 13 DITIB has a religious council made up of seven persons with at least two years of theological education and is elected for a two-year term. The tasks of the Religious Council are to assist the teachers of religion in their work, to determine the members and the number of religious advisory boards of the regional associations. The Religious Council may object to resolutions of the Executive Committee if it does not see it as conforming to the principles of Islam and may request a a decision in an extraordinary general meeting. If the members of the religious council or the religious advisory councils of the state associations do not agree then the decisions of the religious council of the presidium of Diyanet must be applied. In this way the Turkish government can provide extensive means to enforce its own will even against the officials in Germany. [6]

DITIB serves the Turkish Government as a Means of Espionage

The Turkish government accuses the Gülen movement of Fethullah Gülen of being responsible for the coup attempt from July 15, 2016. And in search of members of the Gülen movement imitators from DITIB in Germany helped to spy on people. A commission from the Turkish parliament to investigate the coup attempt received reports from 50 diplomatic missions from 38 countries. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

In a letter on 20 September 2016, the then head of the foreign department of Diyanet Halife Keskin instructed the diplomatic missions to report on the Gülen movement in their area. Imams of DITIB from several German cities have also written reports on alleged members of the Gülen movement. Here at least one teacher from Germany was denounced as a terrorist and repeatedly interrogated and harassed in Turkey by the domestic intelligence service (Milli Istihbarat Teskilati/MIT). [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

In February 2017 the police then searched the homes of four imams of DITIB in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate and secured evidence. Paragraph 99 of the German Penal Code prohibits the gathering of information in Germany "for the secret service of a foreign power". And the federal prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe suspects the defendants of the secret service agent activity. [12] [13]

Between 2nd and 4th January 2019 DITIB invited to the second meeting of European Muslims in Cologne. There Ahmet Dilek was confirmed in the new elections of the Board. Dilek was responsible for the 2016 spy scandal. [14]

DITIB infiltrates Germany

According to the already known evidence DITIB serves the Turkish government as a means of influencing. When the Turkish Republic was founded the state and religions were supposed to be separated. In fact the Turkish government has the authority to give instructions to Turkish Islam as well as its diplomatic missions and uses this for their own benefit. With increasing duration the Turkish government at least under the AKP and Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AKP) uses Diyanet and DITIB to pursue their own interests. The boundaries of Islamists, Jihadists and DITIB are increasingly vanishing.

DITIB also serves the Turkish government as a means of espionage. Here the Turkish government has interfered with DITIB in the internal affairs of Germany. Both have broken local laws and violated the personal rights of German nationals.

In addition the Turkish government uses Diyanet and DITIB to retain parts of the population in Germany and to promote their policies. For this purpose Diyanet and DITIB have campaigned for the illegal military operation of the Turkish government in Afrin (Syria) in January 2018. At the same time Diyanet and DITIB have proved that they are not concerned with integration, peace, religious or social cohesion. Islam was only a means to an end for Diyanet and DITIB.

[1] http://www.ditib.de/default.php?id=5&lang=de
[2] http://www.ditib.de/default1.php?id=5&sid=8&lang=de
[3] DITIB als verlängerter Arm des Türkischen Präsidenten Erdo?an 2018-04-25
http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/19/018/1901869.pdf
[4] Verfassungsschützer wollen keinen Bruch mit Ditib 2018-11-09
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/ditib-verfassungsschutz-1.4204751
[5] Satzung des Islamverbands DITIB - Türkische Funktionäre haben das Sagen in deutschem Verein 2017-01-05
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/satzung-des-islamverbands-ditib-tuerkische-funktionaere.886.de.html?dram:article_id=375487
[6] Umstrittener Moscheeverband: Was Satzungen über Ditib-Agenda in Deutschland verraten 2018-12-25
https://www.focus.de/politik/experten/osthold/gastbeitrag-von-christian-osthold-umstrittener-moscheeverband-was-satzungen-ueber-ditib-agenda-in-deutschland-verraten_id_10112846.html
[7] Türkische Imame spionieren in Deutschland für Erdogan 2016-12-08
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article160132361/Tuerkische-Imame-spionieren-in-Deutschland-fuer-Erdogan.html
[8] Kritik am Moscheeverein Ditib - Dokumente zeigen: Imame in Deutschland spionieren für Erdogan 2016-12-09
http://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/kritik-am-moscheeverein-ditib-dokumente-zeigen-imame-in-deutschland-spionieren-fuer-erdogan_id_6317027.html
[9] Türkischer Geheimdienst - Ditib-Imame spionierten offenbar in Deutschland 2016-12-12
https://www.ksta.de/politik/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-ditib-imame-spionierten-offenbar-in-deutschland-25267418
[10] Spionage Spitzel-Skandal um Imame der Ditib zieht weitere Kreise 2017-02-05
https://www.ksta.de/politik/spionage-spitzel-skandal-um-imame-der-ditib-zieht-weitere-kreise-25679810
[11] Ditib : Heimlicher Besuch aus Ankara 2017-03-13
http://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2017-03/ditib-spionage-tuerkei-beamter-halife-keskin-sicherheitsbehoerden-deutschland
[12] SPIONAGEVERDACHT - Razzien gegen Ditib-Imame 2017-02-15
http://www.dw.com/de/razzien-gegen-ditib-imame/a-37556571
[13] Strafgesetzbuch (StGB) - § 99 Geheimdienstliche Agententätigkeit
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__99.html
[14] Wahl bei der Ditib Verantwortlicher für Spionageskandal als Verbands-Vize bestätigt 2019-01-08
https://www.ksta.de/koeln/wahl-bei-der-ditib-verantwortlicher-fuer-spionageskandal-als-verbands-vize-bestaetigt-31844030

DITIB, its Allies and the Observation by the Domestic Intelligence Service

Politicians in Germany regularly criticize Diyanet and DITIB for their wrongdoings. Cem Özdemir (The Green-Party) considers Diyanet and DITIB to be the extended arm of the Turkish state. Joachim Herrmann (CSU) said as Bavarian Interior Minister that sending the imams was not acceptable. According to Herrmann (CSU) training should not be done by Turkey but must lie in the hands of the federal states responsible for education and culture in Germany. And Andreas Scheuer (CSU) said as Secretary General of the CSU that the proximity of DITIB to Erdogan (AKP) is known and more than questionable. According to Scheuer (CSU) Turkey is moving further and further away from the basic values of enlightened Europe. [6]

The Left Party in Germany criticizes DITIB and also accuses DIITB of being the extended arm of Turkish President Erdogan (AKP). This criticism has been expressed by the Left Party in a request of April 2018 to the German Federal Government. [8] And in May 2017 the Left Party called on the German government to stop the state funding of DITIB. [7]

In September 2018 the Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote that the domestic intelligence service (Bundesamts für Verfassungsschutz) would examine an observation by DITIB. As a result DITIB would be systematically monitored under the direction of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution/domestic intelligence agency (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz). If the suspicion is confirmed, then these organizations become full observation objects. Then the use of informants and intercepting of telecommunications is possible. [9]

In November 2018 however it became known that virtually all state offices of the domestic intelligence service (Verfassungsschutz) and especially those with large state associations of DITIB have objected to the proposal. Despite worsening misconduct there were no serious consequences for Diyanet in Germany and DITIB. The acceptance of the influence from Turkey also shows the potential for proper handling of migration and integration. [4]

[1] http://www.ditib.de/default.php?id=5&lang=de
[2] http://www.ditib.de/default1.php?id=5&sid=8&lang=de
[3] DITIB als verlängerter Arm des Türkischen Präsidenten Erdo?an 2018-04-25
http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/19/018/1901869.pdf
[4] Verfassungsschützer wollen keinen Bruch mit Ditib 2018-11-09
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/ditib-verfassungsschutz-1.4204751
[5] Kritik an Erdogans türkischen Predigern in Deutschland 2016-04-24
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article154680761/Kritik-an-Erdogans-tuerkischen-Predigern-in-Deutschland.html
[6] Innenminister setzen Ditib wegen Radikalen unter Druck 2019-01-27
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article187762562/Konferenz-mit-Muslimbruedern-Innenminister-setzen-Ditib-wegen-Radikalen-unter-Druck.html
[7] Drucksache 18/11855 - Stopp der staatlichen Förderung des Islamverbandes DITIB 2017-05-08
http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btd/18/122/1812259.pdf
[8] Drucksache 19/1521 - DITIB als verlängerter Arm des Türkischen Präsidenten Erdogan 2018-04-25
http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/19/018/1901869.pdf
[9] Umstrittener Moscheeverband - Ditib im Visier des Verfassungsschutzes 2018-09-20
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/ditib-verfassungsschutz-103.html