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Germany: Sikh temple blown up by Islamic State jihadis “not terrorism”

Jul 20, 2016 4:37 pm By Robert Spencer

Not terrorism, say the German authorities. They persist in the same myopia that afflicts leaders in all Western countries: they refuse to acknowledge that we are in a war. Each jihad terror attack is carried out by people who hope to weaken and ultimately bring down the free world, so that they can impose Islamic governments and Islamize the West. Yet each jihad terror attack is treated as if it were a separate, discrete event, for which the motive must be established, and an investigation carried out, as if it were a criminal act pure and simple. That’s no way to win a war.

Essen Sikh temple

“Sikh Temple Blown Up By Islamic State Supporters ‘Not Terrorism,’” by Victoria Friedman, Breitbart, July 20, 2016:

Three Muslim teenagers who bombed a Sikh temple in Germany have been found guilty of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and causing an explosion – but not terrorism. This is despite the bombers’ links to local Salafist organisations, terrorist sympathies, and accessing Islamic State propaganda.

The teens were also considered at such a risk of radicalisation that all three were enrolled on anti-radicalisation programmes. One of the convicted completed his programme just four days before the attack that injured three people.

Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reported that the three Salafist teens of Turkish descent who bombed a Sikh temple in Essen, Germany, in April 2016 were tried in a youth criminal court and found guilty of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and causing an explosion. Much to the shock of seasoned investigators, the federal prosecutor did not consider the bombing to be an act of terrorism.

Mohammed B. from Essen and Yusuf T. from Gelsenkurchen (both aged 16), who built and planted the explosive device, were arrested after the bombing. Their co-conspirator Tolga I. from Schermbeck (aged 17) was arrested some time afterward.

The attack happened in April 2016, the violent explosion ripping through a Sikh temple in the western German city of Essen, near Düsseldorf. Three people were wounded, including a 60-year-old Sikh priest who was seriously injured.

Mohammed and Yusuf had planned to plant the bomb earlier in the day during a Sikh wedding of 200 people to cause maximum human damage, but unable to sneak the bomb into the venue, planted the device later in the evening. Authorities stated that had the device been detonated during the wedding that the toll of injuries would have been higher, including possible multiple fatalities.

Prior to the attack the teens were known to police and had criminal backgrounds. They also had close ties to local Salafist organisations, and were Islamic State sympathisers. The youths had expressed outwardly their Islamist sympathies to the extent that all three were enrolled on a state-run ‘anti-radicalisation’ programme set up to combat extremism.

Mohammed was referred to the programme known as “Signpost” after showing signs of radicalisation and it was found that he was using the online identity “kuffarkiller” (a ‘kuffar’ being an ‘infidel’ or unbeliever).

Yusuff was referred after the school noticed worrying behavior including expressing admiration for Islamic State to teachers and schoolmates. He also praised the November Paris attacks and threatened a Jewish classmate saying that he would “break her neck”. His last session on the programme was only four days before the attack on the Sikh temple.

The attack was planned and rehearsed as proven by a video found on a USB belonging to Yusuf, and Mohammed had invoices for chemicals and wires that he had bought for constructing the bomb. Investigators also found an ignition system with a remote detonator still in its box – presumably purchased for use in a future attack.

All three belonged to a WhatsApp group called “Supporters of the Islamic Caliphate”, whose members were teens of Turkish ethnicity who spread Islamic propaganda and ideas….

There was heated debate over the question of whether the attack was terrorism, with many involved in the case puzzled as to why the federal prosecutor did not take into account the attackers’ Salafist associates, Islamist sympathies, or engagement with Islamic State materials.

Islamic Scholar Michael Kiefer, who evaluated the WhatsApp communications, said that the attack was not a “boy’s prank”, but a terror attack, stating that the teens “were dangerous”.

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  1. Ali Bey says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 4:45 pm

    And I hate those blind german authorities.

  2. UriahB says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 4:53 pm

    Not terrorism. Just experimenting with explosives. Its a tragic joke.

    • DFD says

      Jul 21, 2016 at 7:44 am

      I think you are right. After all, exploding bombs in public places can’t be terrorism, can it? Of course not, it was just a youthful prank. Bombs exploding, for crying out loud, kids do that all the time – in Muslim countries…

  3. LR says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 5:23 pm

    This is completely perplexing, and so g*ddamn frustrating. If the article is correct in it’s facts, how the heck can they not charge them with terrorism? This is the most terrible, and possibly fateful denial. Beyond stunned.

    • nicu says

      Jul 20, 2016 at 6:26 pm

      Muslims are the Holy Cows in germany !

  4. Angemon says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 5:30 pm

    Three Muslim teenagers who bombed a Sikh temple in Germany have been found guilty of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and causing an explosion – but not terrorism. This is despite the bombers’ links to local Salafist organisations, terrorist sympathies, and accessing Islamic State propaganda.

    “Nothing to see here. Move along, citizen.”

    Suggested background music while reading the rest of the article:

  5. utis says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 5:50 pm

    Because of what’s happening in Germany today, I have a slightly better grip on how the Nazis got away with their crap. Now that Erdogan has had his “night of long knives,” just wait for all the Turkish sleeper cells to start swarming. Can you say Ottoman Vampire?

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 21, 2016 at 2:59 pm

      Yes–we’ve seen suicidal denial throughout history. Time for us to wake up!

  6. rolf wittwer says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 5:51 pm

    I think, due to all this evil “developments” in the “name of Allah”, 2017 it might start.
    No further explanations needed.

  7. Guest says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 5:54 pm

    ISIS are terrorists! How stupid can Germany get?!

  8. Kay says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 6:18 pm

    I don’t get it. I really don’t. Of course it’s easier to pretend it isn’t happening or to comfort oneself in how far away it all is. But those days are past.
    I just keep hoping for more to become aware, even now even so late.

  9. Norwegian says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 6:46 pm

    Muslims…

    So tired of them…

    Blowing up temples is just as islamic as it gets.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 20, 2016 at 10:41 pm

      And churches, and synagogues…

  10. Georg says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 7:39 pm

    First Islamic State had nothing to do with Islam; now it has nothing to do with terrorism.

    They should just announce “The Koran has nothing to do with Islam” and tie up the remaining loose ends in their argument/s.

    “White people are the root of all evil and ought to be punished accordingly” would make everything so much simpler.

  11. abad says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 7:45 pm

    Oh no??

    Then what was it, the result of someone playing Pokemon Go????

    • Tom Billesley says

      Jul 21, 2016 at 9:24 am

      Pokemin Go can indeed lead to explosions
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36841828

  12. Kay says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 7:55 pm

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cmyGC96ClcE

    You probably all already know Bill Warner.
    His demeanor is so scholarly that some might listen to him who wouldn’t listen to other warnings. He has lots of viseos and training materials.

  13. Kay says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 9:35 pm

    http://voices4voiceless.org

    Do you know this website?
    It has ways for us to reach the others (those who are still ignorant of the danger).
    The stance is completely moral.

  14. gravenimage says

    Jul 20, 2016 at 10:30 pm

    Germany: Sikh temple blown up by Islamic State jihadis “not terrorism”
    …………………

    Boy, the denial runs deep.

    • Angemon says

      Jul 20, 2016 at 10:31 pm

      And it’s not just a river in Egypt 🙂

      • gravenimage says

        Jul 20, 2016 at 10:42 pm

        So true, Angemon.

  15. Baucent says

    Jul 21, 2016 at 1:52 am

    German politicians are playing a risky game of denial in the face of the obvious. The attack on the train by the “Afghan” (or is he a Pakistani?) was also puzzling to the Interior Minister. Clearly they are terrified that all those “refugees” will include a significant number of Jihadists. Critics told them that at the time. Now the attacks are beginning their only response is to deny it’s happening. And that is political suicide as the people are not fools.
    ‘

    • PetrHanak says

      Jul 21, 2016 at 5:40 am

      As regards that Afghan vermin on the train… He was with a fosterfamily from Ochsenfurt. I went through various articles but nowhere I found identification of that “family”. Are they truly German? Or ethnically or religionesly connected to that Afghan? Are they leftists? Do they do it for money? How much money do they get from the German authorities or EU for that kindness? Do they have other “foster kids”? Are they responsible for their “foster kids”?

  16. dumbledoresarmy says

    Jul 21, 2016 at 2:24 am

    Dear Sikhs in Germany:

    I suggest the following steps in response to Muslim aggression.

    1/ Join PEGIDA. Attend all PEGIDA marches… in full traditional regalia, but carrying banners with 1/ the White Rose (harking back to the white rose society that fought Nazism) and 2/ the German Flag and 3/ the Indian flag. This will spook the Muslims no end, as they know just how fiercely Sikhs fought against the Jihad. It will also cause the Antifa to look really, really stupid.

    2/ Make sure that the PEGIDA leaders and the leaders of Alternative for Germany are told the true history of Muslim persecution of Sikhs in India and in what is now Pakistan and the transcendant bravery of the great Sikh heroes – and their steadfast wives – who resisted Islamisation. This should help to inspire them.

    3/ Germans and Sikhs *together* should meet and engage in training in suitable self-defence skills.

    4/ Young Sikhs who wish to resist Islamisation should be flocking to sign up to 1/ the German police force and 2/ the German army. This is one way of making sure that those bodies are ‘salted’ with people who *know* how dangerous and deadly Islam is.

    5/ Vote en bloc for “Alternativ fuer Deutschland”.

  17. boocat says

    Jul 21, 2016 at 4:11 am

    This stupidity is so sad. Not terrorism. How can we cope against this evil with imbecilic leaders such as these?

  18. dumbledoresarmy says

    Jul 21, 2016 at 4:16 am

    From the article – “Three Muslim teenagers who bombed a Sikh temple in Germany have been found guilty of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and causing an explosion – but not terrorism. This is despite the bombers’ links to local Salafist organisations, terrorist sympathies, and accessing Islamic State propaganda…”.

    And it is also despite *this*:

    “The attack happened in April 2016, the violent explosion ripping through a Sikh temple in the western German city of Essen, near Düsseldorf.
    “Three people were wounded, including a 60-year-old Sikh priest who was seriously injured.

    “**Mohammed and Yusuf had planned to plant the bomb earlier in the day during a Sikh wedding of 200 people to cause maximum human damage** [my emphasis – dda], but unable to sneak the bomb into the venue, planted the device later in the evening.

    “Authorities stated that had the device been detonated during the wedding that the toll of injuries would have been higher, including possible multiple fatalities….”.

    **They intended to bomb a WEDDING**.

    Now, supposing that they *had* been able to get their bomb inside the venue and detonate it at that wedding; supposing they had massacred tens or scores of people, including a bride and groom, elderly people, little children…

    *would the German authorities and courts STILL be insisting that the attack wasn’t ‘terrorism’???

  19. dumbledoresarmy says

    Jul 21, 2016 at 4:21 am

    How big is the Sikh community in Germany?

    They should be kicking up a huuuuge stink.

    They could also put pressure on the Indian ambassador to Germany, and on PM Modi of India, asking them to ask the German government some pretty pointed questions… especially about *what*, precisely, is the current ‘working definition’ of ‘terrorism’ and WHY this intended-to-be mass-murderous attack upon Sikhs, by *Muslims* – an attack which, if it had taken place in India, would surely have been defined as terrorism – was NOT regarded as an act of terrorism (or, to be blunt, an act of war carried out by Mohammedans against Sikhs).

    • bernie says

      Jul 21, 2016 at 9:58 pm

      Merkel should have brought in hundreds of thousands of Sikhs. Should still do if possible.

      They are Kshatriyas, which is the tradtional warrior caste in India, though they can be found in other professions too (not that I’m a fan of an entrenched, dsicriminatory caste system).

      True, they have a small extremist minority, but Sikh extremism is proportionally much lower than Islamic fanaticism at the moment.

  20. vivienne Leijonhufvu (@goldaleijonhufv) says

    Jul 21, 2016 at 4:41 am

    I am astonished at how little people know of Islamic historical persecution of all other religions, do people not know that less than 300 years ago Sikh men were boiled alive in cauldrens of boiling oil? Women raped, children eaten, thousands if not millions slaughtered. This is ISLAM and its teachings and all those gentle MUSLIMS out there read the real history of ISLAM as recorded by genuine Historians dating from the 7th Century and learn. Don’t take the word of your ignorant IMAMS. After the false prophet could neither read nor write there fore according to Mohammed there is dignity in ignorance?

  21. sham says

    Jul 21, 2016 at 4:58 am

    ### Not terrorism, say the German authorities ###
    THAT’S WRONG KILLING/INJURING HUMAN BEING CONSIDERED AS TERRORISM,LIKE HITLER,MUSSOLINI,STALIN,BUSH……

    A MUSLIM CAN’T HARM TO NON MUSLIM:

    Killing non Muslim /injuring non Muslim must pay blood money:

    Malik :: Book 43 : Hadith 43.15.8
    Malik :: Book 43 : Hadith 43.16.8

    Making fight/Injury blood money

    Malik :: Book 43 : Hadith 43.6.4 ,43.8.6
    Malik :: Book 43 : Hadith
    Muslim :: Book 16 : Hadith 4143 ,4145,4146, 4147, 4148, 4149, 4151

    Making injury to people prohibited:

    Muslim :: Book 32 : Hadith 6331,6332,6333,6334,6335
    ‘And fight them until there is no more fithna ‘” (2.193)
    8:39 And fight them until there is no more Fitnah and the religion will all be for Allah Alone]. But if they cease, then certainly, Allah is All-Seer of what they do.

    If a Muslim slave injures non Muslim, his master pays for it

    Malik :: Book 44 : Hadith 44.2.2
    Malik :: Book 40 : Hadith 40.6.7 ,40.7.8

    • duh swami says

      Jul 21, 2016 at 8:34 am

      Shabeer…Killing non Muslim /injuring non Muslim must pay blood money:

      Allah owes kuffar a lot….But I don’t expect payment as Allah never pays his bills…He is a very poor credit risk…

    • Angemon says

      Jul 21, 2016 at 8:46 am

      Sham posted:

      “A MUSLIM CAN’T HARM TO NON MUSLIM:”

      quran 9:29:

      Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture – [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.

      Bukhari – “I’ve been ordered to fight the people until they testify there’s no god but allah”

    • Western Canadian says

      Jul 25, 2016 at 11:35 am

      So, does anyone, but anyone, ever believe the slop and drivel that sham the ham posts?? Didn’t think so.

  22. duh swami says

    Jul 21, 2016 at 8:49 am

    There’s something evil about trying to murder as many people as possible…
    When murder morphs into a ‘Holy’ act you can be sure’ This way evil comes’…

  23. Florida Jim says

    Jul 21, 2016 at 10:31 am

    A religion of peace shows itself once again. Good muslims are few and far between, if ever.

  24. SuchindranathAiyerS says

    Jul 22, 2016 at 12:19 am

    You cannot say that the Germans are not even handed. If 1200 rape cases by Moslems on a single night in Cologne is NOT terrorism, then, I suppose blowing up a Sikh Temple is also not terrorism. It is Islam and Germany, (Merkel, Reker et al) ever obedient to the US-NATO-Sunni Axis centered on the White House is “tolerant”

  25. lionsingh says

    Jul 27, 2016 at 4:34 am

    I am a Sikh. They have been trying tokill us for centuries because we refuse to submit to Islam. The executed 3 of our 10 Gurus for refusing to convert to Islam. We will; never surrender.

  26. ISLAMOREFUGEE says

    Jul 27, 2016 at 6:31 am

    I am a Bengali Hindu . Every time I go to North India I visit SwarnMandir in Amritsar and pray at Harmandir Sahib. .Shikhism is my religion too. It breaks my heart to know that the islamic criminals have desecrated a Shikh temple even in Germany.
    Islam is never a religion and it was never ever a religion. History stands as loud witness. We,in India have been suffering violent islamic atrocities ever since the Arab muslim invaders came to our land at Sindh to plunder and kill and enslave the people of India. India resisted valiantly for about 4 centuries( from 712AD to 1100AD). Arabs could not conquer India , as they did in Egypt and Pershia(Iran). The barbaric islami nomad Arabs totally decimated those great civilisations . They destroyed their religion ,language , art ,culture and the glorious history totally .The islami Arabs even permanently changed their names too.
    These Arab muslim criminals,despite their all efforts, could not break the Indian defence. Later the barbaric Turks were successful to a certain extent, thanks to their improved islamic criminality and violence, and later with new technology( the first mughal Babur brought cannons to this region).But India retained its traditional religious philosophy by great courage and determination of a handful religious Gurus, or leaders or teachers. The first among them was GURU NANAK DEV JI. And we still retain their teachings in the core of our heart. None can efface those from there.
    Lastly, if there were no English or French colonial traders with their superior technology and fire powers, the Marathas or Shikhs would have driven the nasty and vile islamists out of the whole Indian subcontinent beyond Afghanistan. But it did not happen. We know we have to pay a little more price for that as is the demand of history.
    The British and French gave fresh lease of life to that vile ideology of islam to establish their hegemony.
    No wonder now they are paying the price dearly.
    We as Indians know with our most bitter experience that NEVER ALLOW ISLAM TO STAY IN YOUR COURTYARD, EVEN OUT OF COMPASSION ,FOR A SINGLE DAY. THEY WILL DEMAND YOUR HOME AND WIFE (AND DAUGHTER TOO!!!) ONE DAY. THUS THEY ARE TAUGHT BY KORAN .

  27. ISLAMOREFUGEE says

    Jul 27, 2016 at 6:37 am

    YES LION SINGHJI , WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER TO ISLAM !!!!!

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