Left-Extremist Endeavours

The IGMG’s Islamistic
educational work prevents
the integration of young
Turks
IGMG supporters propagandize
a "theocracy"
Party"), the successor of the Islamistic Turkish "Refah Partisi"
(RP - "Welfare Party") which in Turkey was banned in January
1998. Prior to the Turkish legislative elections (18 April), many FP
delegates attended events staged by IGMG in Germany. The aim
of these appearances was to persuade Turkish compatriots living
here to cast their vote for the FP in Turkey. The IGMG supported
these efforts by offering cheap flights to Turkey. These efforts
had only a limited impact on the election results. With approx.
15 % of the votes, the FP only became the third largest parliamentary
group in the Turkish Parliament and is not part of the
Government. After the elections, former RP delegates and present
FP members of Parliament continued to attend regional
events and mass events of the IGMG as guest speakers.
According to its statutes, the focus of IGMG activities is on the
social, cultural and religious support for its members in the local
mosque associations. Under the guise of Islamic educational
work, IGMG’s particular aim is to prevent Western pluralist society
from influencing young Turks and, instead, to indoctrinate
these youngsters with Islamistic thinking oriented to the Koran
and the shari’a. In this way, the Association works against social
integration of the Turkish Muslims living in this country.
The idea of having Islam also penetrate the political sphere is
evidenced, inter alia, by the following statement of the then
IGMG chairman Ali YÜKSEL on the Balkans conflict:
"Although last year’s clashes are presented as disputes
between Albanians and Serbs, the real wirepullers are
Western fundamentalists who, although forming the minority,
nevertheless retain control over things. They are against the
formation of a Muslim government in Kosovo."
("Milli Gazete" of 19 January 1999)
In this context, an Internet homepage of IGMG-USA/Canada of
early 1999 contains the following statement:
"We, the young soldiers of Milli Görüs, were brought into the
world to establish a new world order, to smash the links of the
chain (of slavery), to overthrow the tyrant’s throne. ... Our
guide is the Koran, our leader is the Prophet; all state
authority emanates from Allah. We, the young soldiers of Milli
Görüs, are here as the successors of conquerors, to carry out
new conquests."
One of the IGMG’s work priorities is Islamistic educational work
within its associations. The most important target group are
Turkish youngsters who are brought under the IGMG’s influence
by means of a large variety of recreational activities and further
education offered, in particular, in summer courses. According to
IGMG figures, some 16,260 youngsters participated in such
courses in 1999. As stated in a self-portrayal of the Association,
education (training) is dedicated to the:
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