Militant Imams Under Scrutiny Across Europe

On Sunday, German police arrested a man they accused of recruiting for the Iraqi insurgency. The police are confident that larger networks of recruitment and smuggling to Iraq will soon be discovered in Germany. Across Europe, security forces - often working with the United States - are stepping up arrests and surveillance of militant Muslims, in the belief that recruitment from Europe to Iraq is on the rise. Central to the counter-recruitment effort is the monitoring and deportation of militant imams across Europe. The heated religious rhetoric emanating from some mosques, say officials, is inspiring young men to leave Europe and join the Iraqi insurgency. Yet security forces may have trouble defining the line between protected religious speech and incitation to violence. - YaleGlobal