Ex-is-Germany boss fails with a lawsuit against the expulsion

He was considered the head of Germany for the Islamic State terrorist group: Abu Walaa, who was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison as an IS terrorist process lost against its designation from Germany. The Düsseldorf Administrative Court rejected the 41-year-old’s lawsuit (Az. 27 K 7349/23). He can still apply for admission to the appeal.

The expulsion interest predominates through mandatory reasons for national security, said the judge. A credible departure from his attitude at the time as IS terrorist and a deradicalization cannot be seen. There is a risk of repetition. The concerns of his seven children should be behind it.

His deportation must be decided in a separate procedure. At the moment, this would probably fail due to the lack of diplomatic promise of Iraq not to be added to the 41-year-old. In addition, Abu Walaas must also be decided on an asylum application application, which must serve his punishment by May 2027.

Abu Walaa was imam of the mosque of the now banned association of German -speaking Islamkreis Hildesheim. He is now in a dropout program. Most recently, he had distanced himself from jihadism. He had come to Germany as an asylum seeker in July 2001 and has seven children with two women in Germany.

The 41-year-old did not want to comment on how to deal with his children or his current view of his crimes in the trial. His lawyer had unsuccessfully requested that the procedure have been suspended.