German Official Suggests Keeping Mosques Under Electronic Surveillance

According to Islam Online yesterday, German Interior Minister Otto Schily has said that the German government is considering placing all mosques under observation through installing closed-circuit television cameras. Condemning "hate-inciting imams", Schily followed the lead of Bavarian Interior Minister Guenther Beckstein who earlier has suggested planting spies and cameras inside mosques and censoring sermons. However many other officials condemned the idea of monitoring places of worship. There are approximately 3.4 million Muslims in Germany.