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Reinhard Werner doesn't trust Islam. A German, he has joined a group of Muslim refugees in observing the goings on in German mosques. He claims they are spreading an "intolerant Islam of terror."
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Reinhard Werner standing outside a mosque in Munich. The 70-year-old belongs to a group called "Anonymous Mosque Observers," made up primarily of Muslims who had to flee their homelands after coming into conflict with religious authorities there."Do you see that the letter 'I' in DITIB resembles a minaret? And that the minarets look like missiles?" he asks, beseechingly.

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Werner is not Muslim, but he is concerned about what he claims is the intolerant message being imparted in German mosques. The group he belongs to monitors mosques around Germany.

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Werner has acquired a certain amount of notoriety over the years. He is sometimes asked to speak to Christian congregations, but his combativeness ensures that he is rarely asked to come back.

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