Three hundred potentially radical Islamists are under constant surveillance in Germany, the country's interior minister said.
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is monitoring the Islamists, "but not every one of those people is a potential terrorist," Otto Schily told Monday's edition of the German daily newspaper Bild.
While the large majority of Muslims in Germany are peaceful and righteous citizens, some are potential extremists and ready to commit acts of violence, he said.
German security officials already have "uncovered and thus prevented several plans for terrorist attacks in the country," he said.
Schily called on Muslim congregations in Germany to "actively work with officials to fight extremism and terror."
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