By Alex Newman

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – In the wake of death threats against politicians and calls for a violent overthrow of government, German authorities are cracking down hard on Islamic extremism, most recently banning three Salafist groups seeking to impose Shariah law in Germany.

On March 13, the same day that the federal Interior Ministry unveiled the ban of the extremist organizations, police also announced that they had foiled an unrelated Islamist assassination plot against a right-wing political leader in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Four radical Salafists were arrested in connection with the attempted attack, which was allegedly aimed at murdering chief of the anti-Islamist “PRO-NRW” party Markus Beisicht.

According to authorities, two of the men were caught watching Beisicht. A gun and bomb-making materials were seized during the arrests, police said.

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