The Multikulturhaus in
Neu-Ulm
Neu-Ulm (, ; Swabian: ''Nej-Ulm'') is the seat of the Neu-Ulm district and a town in Swabia, Bavaria. Neighbouring towns include Ulm, Senden, Pfaffenhofen an der Roth, Holzheim, Nersingen and Elchingen. The population is 58,978 (31 Decembe ...
was a cultural centre run by the ''Multikulturhaus e. V.'', a
registered association
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...
. On 28 December 2005 it was shut down by the
Bavarian Ministry of the Interior
The Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, Sport and Integration () is the interior ministry of Bavaria. It is headquartered in Munich, and was established on November 21, 1806 as the ''Departement des Innern''. The first Minister of the Interior wa ...
. The land, the building and monetary funds were confiscated by authorities.
The institution was suspected of Islamist leanings and inciting murder of Jews and Christians and glorifying
martyrdom
A martyr (, ''mártys'', 'witness' stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In colloqui ...
.
Islamic preachers have incited to jihad (holy war). By people formerly in leading positions at the centre, authorities found manuals for manufacturing explosives.
Closure
According to
Günther Beckstein, then interior minister of Bavaria: "organisations which in an aggressive manner counteracts the constitutional order openly encourage violence towards that end are not tolerated here".
After closing the activities of the Multikulturhaus, it was planned to repurpose the building into a shelter for the homeless.
Aftermath
In 2016, the building was bought by the municipality of Neu-Ulm from the
State of Bavaria and was intended to become a centre for asylum seekers.
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Neu-Ulm and neighbouring
Ulm
Ulm () is the sixth-largest city of the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with around 129,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 60th-largest city.
Ulm is located on the eastern edges of the Swabian Jura mountain range, on the up ...
were thereafter for years counted as areas with high activity by radical Islamists.
Notable people
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Reda Seyam
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Khaled el Masri
See also
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Multiculturalism in Germany
References
Islamism in Germany