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Merkel says refugees didn’t bring “Islamist terrorism” to Germany

Aug 18, 2016 2:13 am By Robert Spencer

“The mood towards them has soured after a spate of attacks on civilians last month, including three carried out by migrants.” Nonetheless, Merkel says: “The phenomenon of Islamist terrorism, of IS, is not a phenomenon that came to us with the refugees.”

And she is right: the Muslim migrant jihadis didn’t bring jihad terror to Germany: it was already there. But they certainly exacerbated it, and that is Merkel’s doing.

She also says: “We have said clearly that an Islam that works and lives on the basis of the constitution … belongs to Germany.” What Islam is that? Where has it ever existed? “She added that a type of Islam that did not stick to the constitution or accept equal rights for women had no place in the country.” Very well, but what is she doing to remove it from the country, or prevent its further entry? Nothing. Quite the opposite, in fact.

Merkel and migrant

“Merkel says refugees didn’t bring Islamist terrorism to Germany,” Reuters, August 17, 2016:

Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday refugees had not brought terrorism to Germany, adding that Islam belonged in the country as long as it was practiced in a way that respected the constitution.

More than a million people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere arrived in Germany last year. The mood towards them has soured after a spate of attacks on civilians last month, including three carried out by migrants.

Two of those attacks were claimed by the Islamic State militant group.

“The phenomenon of Islamist terrorism, of IS, is not a phenomenon that came to us with the refugees,” Merkel said at an election campaign event for her Christian Democrats in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ahead of a regional vote on Sept. 4.

Merkel said many people had traveled from Germany to Syria for training with Islamist militants. In June Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said a total of more than 800 were believed to have gone to Syria and Iraq.

“This group has worried us for several years,” she said at the event in Neustrelitz, a town 100 km (60 miles) north of Berlin….

“We have said clearly that an Islam that works and lives on the basis of the constitution … belongs to Germany,” Merkel said.

What Islam is that, Frau Reichkanzler? (Yes, thank you, I know she is Bundeskanzler. I called her “Reichkanzler” because she is the worst German Chancellor since Adolf Hitler.)

She added that a type of Islam that did not stick to the constitution or accept equal rights for women had no place in the country.

Really? Sure looks as if you’re anxious to give it a home there.

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  1. MayGeorg says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 4:14 am

    Great piece.

    “The phenomenon of Islamist terrorism, of IS, is not a phenomenon that came to us with the refugees,”

    That is a lie. True, it didn’t originate with them, but refugees have brought terror to Europe at large and Germany in particular; that is indisputable. It is nice to see what she tells herself at night to make herself feel better.

    And how wonderful that she welcomes an Islam which isn’t Islamic while shunning orthodox Islam as she does nothing to banish it.

    Evidently the concept of leadership didn’t make the cut of post-modernity. Perhaps Austria will bring it back and show Europe some humanity and self-respect come October.

  2. rara says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 4:22 am

    ““We have said clearly that an Islam that works and lives on the basis of the constitution … belongs to Germany,” Merkel said.”

    She is still wrong: even if Muslims live in Germany, and even if she doesn’t want to harm the Muslims in Germany, that doesn’t mean that Islam “belongs” to Germany.

    Islam is intolerant to the unbelievers in all its texts. To have a different Islam, it would have to be Islam without the Quran and the hadiths.

    By claiming “belongs” he supports Islam, the intolerant, unbelievers-hating ideology.

    • Michael Copeland says

      Aug 18, 2016 at 12:47 pm

      “My religion doesn’t tolerate other religions. It doesn’t tolerate.”
      Abu Bakr,
      cleric in Australia (currently in prison).

  3. Michael Laudahn says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 4:53 am

    She is, among other negative characteristics, spineless and will say almost anything to hopefully save her a*se – or at least while it lasts. That’s my impression, at least.

    • Jay Boo says

      Aug 18, 2016 at 10:52 am

      For her to say otherwise, would be an admission she was wrong.
      She would rather throw Germans to the Muslim wolves.
      She is despicable.

      • Michael Laudahn says

        Aug 18, 2016 at 11:55 am

        Unfortunately, germans seem to belong (if you can believe the polls) to those twits who only see the 2 system parties – SPD (‘Labour = left’) and CDU (‘Tory = right’), although there has been an alternative around for a while – AfD, Alternative für Deutschland. This is a situation we see in many other western nations, too. As these parties have learned to handle this situation at first glance unfortunate for them, voting for either of them will definitely do one thing only, and that is make sure that conditions won’t change.

  4. Benedict says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 6:01 am

    Its like saying that the Nazis were not responsible for the holocaust

    • Alien Republican says

      Aug 18, 2016 at 6:20 am

      Most Nazis never killed a jew. Most were law abiding good citizens. Don’t overgeneralise – if it wasn’t for some rogue Nazi elements in the party … or so goes the usual interNational-socialist thinking, when it comes ot islam.

  5. Alien Republican says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 6:14 am

    She’s applying taqyya tactics. I didn’t START with her refugee welcome politics, which is true. Having said that, will she assume responsibility for the terror acts enabled BY HER politics since autumn 2015. That’s the issue she’s avoiding.

  6. Infidel from Down Under says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 6:27 am

    Merkel is nut case!

  7. Dom107 says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 7:08 am

    Angela Merkel is not fit to be the leader of Germany or the de -facto leader of the EC but why don’t the German people realise this in greater numbers
    Having viewed a video on You Tube of someone interviewing people on the street in Berlin (I think) with women in Muslim garb buzzing around everywhere the reaction to the question elicited responses varying from people covering their faces and refusing to talk at all to those who thought she was doing a good job and those who said they just done what their Chancellor wanted and those rather meekly said they wouldn’t vote for her again.What seemed to be lacking was any sense of urgency or passion about what is happening to their country.Even the video of the demonstration of the small anti immigration Alternative for Germany party seemed more like a garden party than a political rally.Have we emasculated Germany so much as a result of WW2 guilt that they no longer have pride in their own country (Merkel certainly doesn’t) or what happens to it. If this is the case and Merkel or even her party which must support these policies return to office in 2017 after the general election then Germany at the centre of Europe and the EU will be a real security risk to the West.! History repeating itself ???
    Interestingly when the interviewer tried to interview two Muslim women in the bejab they jumped up in alarm saying their husbands would kill them if they talked and giving the slit throat gesture before scurrying off.
    Is this really what Germany wants??
    If Islam is to be part of Germany as Merkel wants then there really is something odd different and dangerous about this country which we in the English speaking world have always suspected after two world wars and their addiction and slavish following of the evil Nazis

    • Alien Republican says

      Aug 18, 2016 at 7:26 am

      The german problem is being “ideologues” and suffering from “bunker mentality”. The last referring to the fact that Hitlers followers believed in “final victory” even when there was the little set back of having russian tanks in Berlin.

      You know, endurance, loyalty, perseverance might be laudable qualities in some areas but turn into liabilites if not couples with some sense of realisms.

      Right know the German State is running in “we are the most benevolent mode”, which wants to redeem for crimes committed by previous generations. The ultimate prove willl be the dissolution of their culture.

      Sadly you can’t talk reasonable about with many Germans. They either know it better (left) or those who are shamed into silence (vast majority). The third vocal groups is called “extreme right” for the sole crime of disagreeing with the first.

  8. Renee says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 7:53 am

    She’s wrong. And as things are getting worse, her words are mocking reality and the people having to live in it.

  9. DP111 says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 7:59 am

    Creeping Sharia: The ISLAMIZATION of the WEST

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 18, 2016 at 12:53 pm

      DP111, excellent video.

      Unfortunately, it must be noted that while “Black Pigeon” is for the most part spot on here, that he also claims women destroy societies and demands that they not be allowed to hold office or even vote. He believes their sexuality needs to be controlled. He holds the same view of women that Muslims do.

      He blames Western women exclusively for inviting in Muslim migrants, and appears to believe this is being done not despite the fact that they are rapists, but *because* of it.

      Bizarrely, he also considers Muslim societies to be more accomplished than is the free West.

      Disturbing stuff. Here’s one of his videos:

      • marsfeld says

        Aug 18, 2016 at 6:12 pm

        Thanks for pointing that out. I think it’s a disgusting move by BPS, as I suspect (besides some personal motives rooted in his biography) it’s fishing and attention whoring to that huge MGOTW and “fed up with women” – crowd lurking out there in the net, for him to gain more followers, misusing and mis-channeling the political energy and legitimate critical concerns against islam / pc culture that most of us will share.

        What he’s stating is obviously distorted bs, but the type of fans he attracts will just lap up any crap theory supporting their view that everything that went down the toilet in their life is ALL women’s fault (not just THAT woman’s fault, what in reality might very often be the root cause behind those attitudes). Those kind of losers have been there for all history, but BPS is giving them pseudo-political grounds for their hate in building up a scapegoat. Clever in a primitive sense, nazis were very successful with this “scapegoat” strategy back then concerning the jews, muslims are very successful with this now, communists with the “bourgeoisie” and so on. The losers won’t think critically about anything of that sort offered to them if it just panders to their miserable gut feelings.

        If I could dumb down enough to believe his stuff and follow him logically, I wouldn’t see any point resisting islam. His f’ed up false and hypocritical views about women and the political influence and consequences of gender equality (not: third wave feminism lunacy) and his extreme right wing disgust for his own society (that is surspringly similar to the self-hatred of extremist leftists) leave just surrendering to islam – and accepting the imams to grant us our four wives and sex slaves and making women shut up finally and without any rights, authority and autonomy – a completely reasonable option.

  10. Mirren10 says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 8:08 am

    ”She added that a type of Islam that did not stick to the constitution or accept equal rights for women had no place in the country.”

    So she’s saying there *is* a type of islam that does stick to the constitution, and does accept equal rights for women ? Where ?

    This evil bitch is presiding over the destruction of Germany. Wake up, *real* German citizens !

    • Lea says

      Aug 19, 2016 at 9:14 pm

      Oh yes it’s time to wake up, not only in Germany, but in whole Europe…..and first at all, “you Angela Merkel” , You said “we can do it!”. But now the question is “how YOU can do it?”….You want to save the refugees, but in the meanwhile whole Europe will gone be distroyed! REMEMBER : the whole world hopes for peace between Israelis and the Muslims, But if those “bastards”, and I mean the Muslims,,are killing their own citizens, HOW could there be peace with the Israelis??? And now, thanks to you “Frau Merkel”, also the Europeen citizens lives in danger! Really, it’s time to abdicate, please leave your
      “throne” to somebody else who is able to take better decisions. We don’t want to see the burka’s on the streets, the burkinis on the beach, neither more mosques in our citties, or to renounce everywhere at porcmeat! We don’t want to be killed by terrorists, we don’t need Muslim politicians, or mayors (see London!) We want a peacefull life in Europe, we want work for our own people, we want money for our poor citizens, instead to spend money for Muslims who came over to multiply “their” population just like
      “rabbits” do!! Within 10 years Muslims gone take Europe in their hands, and we gone be the refugees in their countries! Frau Merkel, the day you said “we can do it” was the start to distroy our lives and Europe
      Thanks for “YOUR” stupid policy! I don’t like D.Trump, but it would have been better if you had a bit more of his brain the day you said “we can do it”. Now you should muster up your courage to say “we CAN’T do it!” Please lift your “bum” and leave your “throne” cause your not able anymore to take the right decisions!
      Dear Readers, sorry for my poor english, I just wanted to let you know my opinion about “Frau Merkel!”…
      Thanks for your understanding…..

  11. Baucent says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 9:02 am

    “The phenomenon of Islamist terrorism, of IS, is not a phenomenon that came to us with the refugees,”

    Right now all Merkel can do is swear black is white. The public are not fools and her credibility after inviting migrants and the terror attacks of July is near zero.

  12. gravenimage says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 10:12 am

    Merkel says refugees didn’t bring “Islamist terrorism” to Germany
    ………………………….

    Yes, it was already there–but in nowhere like the numbers we are seeing now.

    And Merkel’s fantasy Islam–that concurs with German law and enshrines equal rights for women–does not exist.

  13. Richard Paulsen says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 11:09 am

    Germany and islamic Bosnian and Croatian troops cooperated during the WW2. Fighting on the same side. Long time symphaty between Germany and islam.

  14. King Tut says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 11:17 am

    women don’t belong in politics, and shouldn’t be allowed to vote. when they are, you get Germany of today.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 18, 2016 at 12:58 pm

      Oh, great. Misogynist “King Tut” is back.

      Really, his views of women are just the same as Muslims. Clearly, he won’t have much trouble “reverting”.

    • Richard Paulsen says

      Aug 18, 2016 at 2:00 pm

      Women ruling arabstates would be good for them and Europe. Instead of only men. A dream come true.
      The best thing possible for the whole world.,

    • Angemon says

      Aug 19, 2016 at 8:48 am

      King Toot posted:

      “women don’t belong in politics, and shouldn’t be allowed to vote. ”

      Like in Iran and Saudi Arabia?

  15. marina says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 11:23 am

    I want to PUKE on that picture.

  16. Alvin Woods says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 11:51 am

    Merkel’s government is considering banning the NPD opposition party. But no future ban for the Turkish Grey Wloves of Germany.
    Germany is heading towards totalitarianism.

  17. Alvin Woods says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 11:53 am

    https://ca.news.yahoo.com/germany-treads-cautiously-court-case-ban-far-party-114938428.html

    Link for NPD party ban.

  18. Michael Johnson says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    Where is this woman’s mind at Islam don’t care about democracy we know that because they don’t respect other people and their way of life they ain’t caring about Germany or any other Western nation all they care about is establishing islam

  19. NickG says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 12:28 pm

    Ah Germans, or as i call them the worst judges of character in the history of the world.
    They elected Hitler and Merkel two sides of the same coin.

  20. Michael Nollet says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 12:36 pm

    if Robert Spencer is going to call her Frau Chancellor, he should be grammatically correct and use the feminine noun ending. That would make her “Frau Reichskanzlerin.”

  21. Jake Holan says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 12:40 pm

    Just as Adolf Hitler destroyed Germany with Nazism. Angela Merkel will destroy Germany forever by allowing a Trojan Horse to enter the Front Gate and another way of life to take root in Germany that is Antithetical to the Religious Cultural Goals and Aspirations of the current Society and population. Also she has allow a foreign Army of terrorists amongst these ‘Refugees” to sneak in wink wink even though all Security Agencies have warned her. There is a name for what she is doing. Its amazing how brainwashed German Civil Servants are still and that they haven’t physically carried her out of the Chancellery

  22. Norwegian says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 1:11 pm

    She neds to swing at the end of a rope. Let here hang there until she stinks! Until she drips to the ground..???

  23. John Marst says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 2:40 pm

    It’s amazing how tolerant and welcoming Western countries are supposed to be, even to the extent of accommodating Muslims who clearly do not have their hosts’ best interests at heart.

    But when it comes to the Middle East, there is no such expectation of acceptance. How about allowing a Methodist Church to build in Mecca? That would never be allowed, of course, and dhimmis like Merkel see no contradiction. It’s the Saudis culture after all, and one must respect different social norms. Subjugate Christians? Mutilate women and hide them in body bags? Who are we to judge?

    There will be a day of reckoning for Western societies. The shape it takes will depend on how long the inclusion delusion persists.

  24. abad says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 6:27 pm

    I am afraid the word ‘exacerbated’ is much too big of a word for Merkel to understand. She remains ignorant of the real problem at hand.

    Which is self-delusion about Islam being a Religion of Peace(TM)

  25. rolf wittwer says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 8:29 pm

    Common people are not allowed to be against spreading and aggressive Islam.
    Under the dictatorship of Merkel & Co., Germany has became “DDR 2.0”.
    The country is in urgent need of real help!

  26. David M says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 9:13 pm

    A list of Muslim sexual assaults in Germany in July.

    http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiX94r-pczOAhUBopQKHUmrBUoQFggtMAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fnews%2F2016-08-09%2Fgermanys-migrant-rape-crisis-spirals-out-control&usg=AFQjCNEfLND_MNjOPTRRlS9FJfFGEUg_Dw

  27. davej says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 9:40 pm

    It wasn’t that Nazis were bad, it was just the radical extremist Nazis.

    The rest were just along for the ride, all jolly with beer and sausages.

  28. somehistory says

    Aug 18, 2016 at 11:45 pm

    merkel brought in the moslims who brought the devil’s beast of islam… it was a joint effort…merkel and the moslims brought the terror.

    Divine Judgment is inescapable. A person may be judged as innocent and deserving of life. A person may be judged guilty and deserving of the loss of life.

    The fruit of the tree says what sort of Judgment awaits each person…if one bears evil fruit, that one should not expect to be judged innocent.

  29. Lawrence says

    Aug 19, 2016 at 1:55 am

    Who brought Islamist terror to Germany then, Angela you moron? The Roswell aliens, the Jews, the Apaches?

    What an idiot.

  30. Johan Elzinga says

    Aug 19, 2016 at 2:47 am

    Dear mr Spencer, dear commentors of this brilliant article, I wish to thank you! Every day here I live in dispair in my own little country next to Germany. But then I open jihadwatch and I feel confident that there is at least a countermovement. The completely spoiled and ignorant media here are not the complete reality. The incredible stupid mantras of our idiot politicians are noted even thousands of kilometres away. As in the second world war the end of freedom starts here as a claim on the media. I’m very grateful mr Spencer to offer us this forum!

  31. Manuele says

    Aug 19, 2016 at 7:14 am

    MERKEL IS A LIAR AND SHE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HERSELF.

  32. don vito says

    Aug 19, 2016 at 3:31 pm

    ISIS piggybacked into Germany, from Merkel’s invite, the Christian Democrats are Islam’s bitch, the vehicle of cultural assassination. Merkel, assassin of the west.

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