The Toulouse Group, which brought together young fundamentalists of North African descent, was formed in 2006, with the stated aim of targeting American interests in France and sending recruits to Iraq. The organisation was investigated by the authorities in 2006 and 2007. The group’s principal targets are: (1) The French military, which is portrayed as destroying Muslim lands as part of a Western conspiracy to destroy Islam. (2) Jews, Jewish institutions, and Israel, which are blamed for the global persecution of Muslims. (3) Perceived anti-Muslim prejudice, which it argues the French government has officially sanctioned. For instance, the group claimed that a neo-Nazi attack on a mosque was allowed to go ahead by French the ruling political elites. VideoVideo: 2012 Mohamed Merah, the road to radicalisation ran from a delinquent childhood in Toulouse to Kandahar in Afghanistan.Video: 2012 Stand-off outside Merah's apartment.
Toulouse Terrorist Group
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