The Islamic Academy

April 7, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany to end Funding of Extreme Pro-Iran-Regime Group After Media Exposés

Merkel refuses to shut down Hezbollah centers

September 25, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Angela Merkel’s Ugly Romance With the Iranian Regime

Why Germany seeks to increase trade with a murderous theocracy bent on Israel’s destruction.

June 19, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Heavy Turnout at Al-Quds Rally in Berlin calls for Israel’s Destruction

Anti-Israel protesters hit the streets on Saturday in stronger numbers than previous years to demonstrate against the existence of the Jewish state at the annual al-Quds Day rally in the heart of...

June 14, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Politicians Want Iran-Regime Center Ousted Over Antisemitism

Politicians in the northern German city of Hamburg rekindled on Monday a call from last year to cancel the city’s contract with an Iranian-regime controlled institution because it participa...

May 1, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German president under fire for hosting antisemitic Iran regime clerics

The prominent NGO Stop the Bomb slammed German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier for welcoming a delegation of Iranian regime-affiliated extremists to the Bellevue Palace in Berlin on Monday....

March 16, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran’s Role in the Boycott Israel Campaign

The Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement, better known by the acronym BDS, targeting Israel has largely been viewed as a Palestinian- and Western European-driven campaign with the alleged g...

January 10, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany urged to abandon its support of Iran’s mullah regime

While tens of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets in protest, the German government is taking heat for what some are calling its pro-regime policy in Iran, and its decision to allow s...

December 18, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany Uses EU Funds to Finance Extremist Iranian Regime-controlled Group

The German government provides €283,150 to a radical pro-Iranian regime Shi’ite umbrella organization...

September 26, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Calls To End Iranian Center’s German City Contract Due To Israel Hate

A leading politician from the city of Hamburg urged on Monday the cancellation of the city’s contract with an Iranian-regime controlled institution because it participates in the annual al-...

August 10, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Green Party Probes Iran’s Activity Against Israel And Dissidents

The expansion of Iranian regime institutions in Germany has prompted the opening of an inquiry by the Green Party in the Bundestag on Friday to assess Tehran’s anti-Israel and espionage act...

June 26, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Berlin Mayor Allows Hezbollah to March in ‘Zionists out of Israel’ Rally

Posters with anti-Israel slogans and Israeli flags with crossed out Stars of David blanketed the streets of Berlin on Friday. Mayor Michael Müller permitted nearly 600 Hezbollah sup...

May 31, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German FM Hosts Iranian Official Calling for Israel’s Destruction

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel welcomed Monday an Iranian religious leader who called for the elimination of Israel at last year’s al-Quds rally in Berlin. The appearance o...

May 30, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

Trump, Germany’s Merkel clash over trade, NATO and ‘Western values’

Germany and the U.S. emerged from Memorial Day weekend in a war of words, as Chancellor Angela Merkel and her coalition partners attacked America’s reliability as a world power and Presiden...