This is a typical case, says terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) in Berlin and New York. "Basically, Berlin and Germany are important areas for Hezbollah to recruit sympathizers, spread propaganda, and acquire funds, for example through donations," Schindler says.

The problem: although the wave of demonstrations is widespread, there is a lack of leadership. “The moment has not yet come when the regime is seriously in danger. What is currently missing is a central organization of the protests and a vision for the time after. There are no leaders,” Hans-Jakob Schindler, head of the Berlin think tank Counter Extremism Project, told our editorial team. “But what is even more crucial is that parts of the regime must become disloyal to the leadership. That is not yet the case, but given the enormous scale of the economic crisis, it could lead to disruptions in the power structure in the medium term. A revolution must be organized, and it also needs sympathizers on the other side.”

In Britain, the first Brotherhood clubs opened 60 years ago. “None were openly identified with the Muslim Brotherhood and membership of the Muslim Brotherhood remained (and still remains) a secret,” the Jenkins-Farr report said. According to a recent briefing by the Counter-Extremism Project, these groups include mosques, education centres and even sports clubs.