Berlin - A family of Germans who converted to radical Islam will not be facing any charges when they are returned to their homeland from Egypt, an official said Thursday.

Egypt deported the family of five the previous day.

They had reported ripped up their German passports, saying they did not want to belong to "a nation of infidels."

None of the family is fluent in Arabic, which made communication with Egyptian police difficult.

In the German city of Stuttgart, state police said they were not investigating the two men and three women.

"If we were to receive any information that they had committed crimes, we would do what we have to do," said spokesman Horst Haug. The family hails from a nearby city, Schwaebisch Gmuend.

Sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa it was not yet clear if the family would move back to that town from Frankfurt, where they had landed.

Egypt reportedly detained them in October for joining a banned radical group, al-Takfir wa al-Hijra, which is categorized as terrorist by European security authorities. (dpa)