Islam

An expert on Islamism has highlighted the dangers to Europe of the Muslim Brotherhood through its emphasis on legal rather than ‘terrorist’ methods. Dr. Lorenzo Vidino told a recent European conference how the Brotherhood is a “social network,” united by ideological and economic ties, and heavily financed by Qatar.

It facilitates Islamist radicalisation while impacting the discussion of human rights and democracy—which it wishes to abolish in favour of establishing a global caliphate: i.e. theocratic rule by a caliph, the recognised successor to the prophet Muhammad.

A 34-year-old man has been given the toughest penalty in German law after attacking people with a knife on a train in 2023, killing two and wounding four others. The defense argued he should be put in psychiatric care.

… The 34-year-old grew up in Gaza and had been in Germany since 2014 but was still trying to secure residency rights.

The prosecution alleged that frustration following an unsuccessful appointment at the migration office in Kiel, seeking one of the last legal avenues to stay in the country that was still open to him, led to him stealing a knife from a supermarket and then attacking people on the train with it.

Two men who are accused of plotting to carry out an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community in Greater Manchester have appeared in court.

Walid Saadaoui, 36, of Abram, Greater Manchester, and Amar Hussein, 50, of no fixed abode, allegedly planned for the attack to cause “multiple fatalities using automatic weapons”. Both are charged with the preparation of terrorist acts between December 13 last year and May 9 this year.

After the Second World War, Germany passed strict laws against any attempt to overthrow the country’s constitutional order. At the same time, it adopted a zero-tolerance approach to antisemitism.

Last week, however, the German state tolerated a rally that proclaimed both extreme antisemitism and the desire to topple German democracy.

🇩🇪 Islamist march in Hamburg, Germany. pic.twitter.com/IcV4FoeT0I

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Caliphate protests in Hamburg: What is Muslim Interactive?

It’s estimated that some 1,000 people gathered at Hamburg’s popular street Steindamm late April, following a call to protests by an organization called Muslim Interactive (MI). Some demonstrators chanted “God is great,” and held up signs that read “caliphate is the solution,” and “Germany = a dictatorship of values.”

Public outcry was quick to follow, with many calling for the organization to be banned. A second demonstration is this weekend.

Necla Kelek is a sociologist and head of the Secular Islam Initiative, which is based in Hamburg. She said that she, like many others, had been surprised by the sudden demonstration that MI organized. Her organization joined others in putting together a counter-protest.

Islamists March in Hamburg Germany in Support of an Islamic Caliphate, Chant: Stop German Dictatorship #Germany pic.twitter.com/jFBegtNQaK

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According to a RAIR report by Amy Mek out this past Saturday, Muslim migrants from the Indian state of Bihar were caught “red-handed” burning down large swathes of forestland in the state of Uttarakhand, all as an act of jihad. Mek also iterated that the damage done to the environment has been a “severe blow” to the region, “consuming thousands of trees” and causing the “destruction of over a thousands hectares of forest land” which is roughly equivalent to 2,800 acres.