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Germany: Mosques pray for Erdogan’s military offensive against Kurds: “Allah, lead our glorious army to victory”

Oct 16, 2019 12:00 pm By Vijeta Uniyal

Mosques in Germany are praying for the Turkish army’s success as it wages a fierce military offensive against the U.S.-allied Kurdish forces and civilians in neighboring Syria, German newspaper Die Welt reported.

The worshippers pray the victory verse: “Allah, Lead Our Glorious Army to Victory.”

The backing from mosques in Germany comes days after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered a full-scale attack against Kurds in northern Syria following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region. German mosques read out the “victory verse,” or Surah al Fath, from the Muslim holy book Quran, celebrating Muhammad’s victory over his rivals in 7th century Arabia, media reports suggest.

Turkey’s state-controlled Directorate of Religious Affairs, or Diyanet, issued the call to prayer. Germany’s largest Turkish Islamic group, DITIB, which runs some 900 mosques across the country and boasts of 800,00 members, has also allegedly participated in prayers calling for the victory of the Turkish military against Kurds in northern Syria. DITIB officials denied endorsing the call, but a media investigation showed several leading DITIB officials involved in the campaign. Mosques affiliated with Milli Görüs, Germany’s largest Islamic association with around 10,000 supporters, also reportedly took part.

German newspaper Die Welt reported the nationwide Islamist prayer call:

Following Turkish invasion of northern Syria, Mosques in Germany have prayed for Turkey’s victory. Turkish [state-run] agency for religion, Diyanet, imams to mosque congregations of DITIB, Germany’s Islamic Association Milli Görüs (IGMG), and ATIB (Turkish-Islamic Union in Europe), have circulated a Friday sermon that says verbatim: “Help our heroic Army that has launched a military campaign for the safety of our land.”

In addition to this, The Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper reported about an audio recording which was circulated by DITIB congregation in the [northwestern German city of] Herne. “Allah, lead our glorious army to victory,” it says. A spokeswoman for the DITIB head office explained that this was “neither ordered nor planned by us.”

Now investigations on Facebook shows that significant number of mosques have prayed for a Turkish victory. “After the prayer on Sunday afternoon the surah [verse] of victory was read so that our Prophet comes out victorious,” the [Facebook] page of DITIB-branch in [the town of] Forbach said. The board member of the DITIB congregation in [the town of] Kirn posted [on social media] that this surah was read “in mosques all across the country” during the operation in Northern Syria.

On the [Facebook] page of DITIB mosques in Saverne [a French town near the German border] one could read: “May Allah allow our armies to be triumphant.” The DITIB congregation in Horn-Bad Meinberg posted a quote of Diyanet Chief, Ali Erbas, who prayed to “make our glorious armies victorious.” [Translated by the author]

Erdogan’s government exercises firm control over DITIB and other Muslim congregations in Germany. They send hand-picked imams from Turkey to run their mosques and direct their activities. Despite its loyalty to Turkey’s Islamist regime, DITIB has received millions of euros in German state funding in the name of “de-radicalization” and “refugee aid” programs.

The loyalty of these foreign imams has long been under question. In 2017, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency uncovered an elaborate spy-ring run by DITIB imams under Ankara’s direction. In the light of compelling evidence, DITIB accepted the spying allegations, pinning the blame on a “few” imams who had acted on the instruction of their Turkish handlers.

The damning revelation of espionage activities did not stop Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government from signing further fat checks for the Erdogan-backed organization. Only subsequent public pressure forced the government to cut the group’s funding.

The latest jihad-style prayer call should come as a wake-up call to the German and Western Liberals. Decades of government-sponsored multiculturalism in Germany has miserably failed to “integrate” its immigrant Muslim population. It is a slap in the face to Germany’s state-ordained “Welcome Culture” (Willkommenskultur), which hoped to win over imported a hostile Muslim population by loading them with welfare benefits and making the society Sharia-compliant.

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  1. St. Ferdinand III says

    Oct 16, 2019 at 12:03 pm

    Soon these same Mosques will be screaming prayers for the Moslem Jihad to succeed in its subjugation of Germany.

    Fake News and Fake Politicians must be having a hard time spinning mosque support for Jihad into something enriching and loving.

    • Ernie says

      Oct 16, 2019 at 12:44 pm

      No doubt here you’re right about that , St. Ferdinand III . Erdogans fifth column in Europe is ready to take action . Europe must strike first , but I fear Europe isn’t prepared at all , and up to the challenge ahead…..

      • Sabri S. says

        Oct 16, 2019 at 8:47 pm

        Well, I bet those US puppets, better known as the Kurds, are wising up know. In a fight between
        the colonized infidels and the upstanding Muslim, the smart money is always on the Muslim!
        This group is an embarrassment to fight alongside American infidels against their own countrymen. Apparently, Kurds and kaffirs don’t know history. The US did the same thing in Vietnam when they abandoned the HMONG, after they got their imperialist asses kicked by the vietcong. The HMONG now live in Michigan, California and Minnesota as outcasts who can’t even go back home to visit after 40 years. Allah willing, Syria will be liberated, then Iraq, then Palestine….in that order, mark my word. The new dawn of the rise of the Ummah is upon us, and not a day too soon.

        • CogitoErgoSum says

          Oct 16, 2019 at 10:50 pm

          You should sell all that you have to go and fight with the Turks.

        • Ernie says

          Oct 17, 2019 at 1:14 am

          Sabri S. , The stinking rot that comes from your mouth precedes the rot of your decaying corps . The wild dogs and the birds will eat your rotting flesh left in the open field .

        • Giacomo Latta says

          Oct 17, 2019 at 9:35 am

          Are you not a man, Sabri? You should on the next flight to Turkish-controlled Syria to get your 72 virgins. If you don’t show a little more, um, male enthusiasm we might have to tell your muslim buddies that Sabri is starting to act like one of those men they usually throw off cliffs.

    • mortimer says

      Oct 16, 2019 at 1:11 pm

      Yes, these mosques are fifth columns within Germany. Turkey has never apologized for its genocides. Genocide denial is one the greatest predictors that a country will commit further genocides.

      • Mano says

        Oct 18, 2019 at 6:16 am

        Targeting Turks and Mosques are justified

    • elee says

      Oct 16, 2019 at 3:33 pm

      +1 this entire thread. Hey Yanks look at Germany and see your future.

      • Hoppla says

        Oct 17, 2019 at 4:06 pm

        We have far more Mosques and Muslims than Germany and they are heavily armed and ready to die for Allah.

    • Sun says

      Oct 16, 2019 at 8:29 pm

      On Monday, the largest Ahmadiyya mosque with minaret was opened in Wiesbaden/Hesse – almost unnoticed by the public,

      There is strict gender segregation in the Ahmadiyya community, men do not shake hands with women and pray separately. The long-term goal of the community is an Islamic caliphate with Sharia law.

      Still, the Ahmadiyya community is sold to the German public as a liberal religious group…

      Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad held the opening speech.

      Official website of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V: https://www.khalifatulmasih.org/

      Please note the heading of the website.

      • Ernie says

        Oct 17, 2019 at 1:53 am

        Dear Sun . Their anointed one certainly is not ours . Yeshua HaMashiach !

    • Jule Bacal says

      Oct 17, 2019 at 7:39 pm

      How can Germany not know what an enormous problem they have? Its like the build up of Hitlers naziideas for Supremacy. Don’t they know? Won’t they try to do something about it?

  2. Rotem says

    Oct 16, 2019 at 12:10 pm

    Sunni Mosque, or Shi’ite Mosque?

    • mortimer says

      Oct 16, 2019 at 1:33 pm

      Most Turks are Sunnite.

      • elee says

        Oct 16, 2019 at 3:20 pm

        20% of Turks are Shiite Alevis….sometimes they catch pogroms (Google Sivas Massacre) but lately Erdogan is sucking up to the Persians so theyre safe for the short-term. But as with any minority under Islam, toleration can always be revoked overnight.

  3. Jayell says

    Oct 16, 2019 at 12:13 pm

    So the message from the mosques is for ‘Glorious Victory’. I believe that translates as ‘Sieg Heil’.

    • mortimer says

      Oct 16, 2019 at 1:35 pm

      Muslims in Germany are the new Nazis. Is that what Germans really want?

    • J D S says

      Oct 17, 2019 at 10:51 am

      In the mosques there are heads on the floor and butts in the air..their heads are facing east and their butts are facing west…Now what does that tell us? One thing for sure…Their do called prayers will never rise above the floor for the ONE TRUE GOD will never hear them.

  4. Jay says

    Oct 16, 2019 at 12:23 pm

    Germany is lost! Merkel is a traitor to all tax paying german citizens!! Muslim immigration without any acclimation NEVER works!! How long before 900 mosques in Germany, declare war against Germany?
    It’s complete insanity! Just like England, France, Sweden, Norway, etc etc., they will live to regret the unfettered invasion of Muslims they allowed! Pm Churchill is not resting easy today!! Who will save them again? I pray Erdogan can be stopped !! Hungary and Poland are protecting their borders ! May God bless them with success! The one world order open border communists need to be stopped before they start World War III. Include traitor Pope Francis in that group!!

    • mortimer says

      Oct 16, 2019 at 2:11 pm

      Future generations will call them Merkel the Mad and Francis the Naïve. The German who Islamized Germany and the pope who promoted Islam rather than evangelizing the Muslims.

    • Ernie says

      Oct 17, 2019 at 4:28 am

      No Jay , you’re quite some time contributing here at Jihad Watch now , and MOST OF YOU CONTRIBUTE IS THIS : Europe is LOST , England is LOST , Sweden is LOST , France is Lost , Germany is LOST . Pm Churchill is not resting easy today !! …..etc etc . Now I’ll tell you something Jay : WE ARE NOT LOST AT ALL ; It ( the real battle ) hasn’t started yet . So , don’t be so negative and defeatist ; we here don’t have a need for that kind of ” support “over here , in Europe . O.K. buddy ?
      ,

      • Ernie says

        Oct 17, 2019 at 4:30 am

        Sorry , MOST OF WHAT YOU’RE CONTRIBUTING HERE GOES LIKE THIS :…..it must be

        • J D S p says

          Oct 17, 2019 at 2:46 pm

          ErnievSo sorry for your complacent thinking but thinking just won’t get the Muslims off track…Migration has always been there in the background for the ” Muslim Plan” when there is no chance if victory with an army they fall back on plan B. Which is in effect st present time…Migration, hit and run terrorism and believe it or not they use the. “RELIGION card (ISLAM SHOULD NOT BE AFFORDED A RELIGION PASS BECAUSE ISLAM IS FULL OF DECEIT, MURDER AND INHUMANE ACTIVITY) and along with it goes their OTHER CARDS, racism bigotry and islamophobia plus they get into politics, elected and appointed positions, So unless you start YESTERDAY you can’t win…..Not that it will do any good but you might try camping out at the doorsteps of your elected officials and beg them to DO SOMETHING

        • Jay says

          Oct 17, 2019 at 6:50 pm

          Ernie. So sorry your neighborhood is unsafe! I wish you well in your fight to resist the crime and drugs invading your country of Germany!! I pray the police will be of some assistance and that Merkel retires! I did not mean to be repetitive in my posts – i have studied world history for many years. Pm Churchill is one of my heros and I
          respect his personal history, his integrity, and his successes in saving the world during WWII. Pres Reagan and Pres Eisenhower are also my favorites!
          It’s quite a shame what Muslim immigration has done to Europe , England, Sweden, etc
          Even Australia has similiar problems! It’s a world hard to recognize when one group of Muslim invaders try to inpart Islamic destruction on everyone! Hopefully the tide will soon turn this destructive insanity and Invasion back on the invaders! One world order, open border progressives will not be easily deterred! Please keep up the good fight. I pray you are successful and safe. God bless you 🙏
          Regards.
          Jay
          USA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏

      • Lotus says

        Oct 17, 2019 at 4:59 am

        So Ernie, what is your take on the way things are going? What makes you say that some people on this site are defeatist and negative?

        Do you have a solution, or are you just the fastest milkman in the West?

        • Ernie says

          Oct 17, 2019 at 5:52 am

          Dear Lotus , first , where I live , a neighborhood infested with lots of drug addicts , alcoholics , all kinds of domestic problems , people with mental problems , prostitution , drug dealing and all kinds of petty crime , I stand up against drugdealers , pimps , and other people behaving badly in public . I know them , and they know very well who I am . Most of these drugdealers and pimps are Moroccans , Muslims . I really tell those pimps and drugdealers to take their ” business ” somewhere else , and to stay away from the vulnerable people they’re preying on….. I’ve been threatened ( death threats ) , beaten up badly , even been stabbed . How these Muslim invaders HATE me… I still tell them to bugger off… And when I show up now , some of them leave the area . Seems I’m bad for their business… I show the people in my neighborhood how not to give in to the ( mainly MUSLIM ) filth that has invaded , and how not to give up on themselves . I stopped smoking , drinking and doing drugs ( marijuana and hashish ) a couple of years ago . I CARE Lotus , and that’s my message .

        • Ernie says

          Oct 17, 2019 at 6:04 am

          We need warriors Lotus ; people who think it is possible to win . We need people with strength , vision . People who INSPIRE . O.K. ? ( we don’t have a need for the message :”we are doomed….) . Understand Lotus ?

        • Lotus says

          Oct 17, 2019 at 7:25 am

          I see. I’m sorry to hear that your neighbourhood is not a good one. It sounds like you need to take care of yourself every day. Good luck to you.

        • Ernie says

          Oct 17, 2019 at 11:03 am

          Thank you for understanding Lotus .

    • Jule Bacal says

      Oct 17, 2019 at 7:41 pm

      And Germany and German ideas run the EU!

  5. European pagan says

    Oct 16, 2019 at 12:31 pm

    I pray for peace on this planet

    • mortimer says

      Oct 16, 2019 at 2:09 pm

      Yes, pagan, I pray that we will find a way to convince Muslims to leave Islam en masse.

    • elee says

      Oct 16, 2019 at 3:40 pm

      Beware how you pray for peace pagan. Peace in the Muslim culture means rule of Islam. Never join a Muslim in praying for or praising peace. It means something entirely different to them. Long live dar-al-harb.

  6. Jack Cade says

    Oct 16, 2019 at 1:09 pm

    Turki must be removed from NATO. Contact your local rulers and demand all aid to Turki be stopped immediately.

    • Lotus says

      Oct 16, 2019 at 7:00 pm

      I contacted my local ruler as you suggested. But it told me to refer the matter to the pencil case.

  7. mortimer says

    Oct 16, 2019 at 1:20 pm

    As I predicted, the US exit brought Turkey into the mass delusion of genocidal hysteria. I hope the Russians will move in force to protect the Kurds and the Christians from genocide.

    • elee says

      Oct 16, 2019 at 3:44 pm

      Isnt that kind of like praying that Hitler would be kind to the Czechs? It is a bad day for humanity when Russia is the best hope for anyones human rights.

  8. Martin says

    Oct 16, 2019 at 1:41 pm

    SYRIA – Turkey mercenaries burn Ain Issa camp

    The mercenaries of the Turkish occupation burned Ain Issa camp completely after ISIS mercenaries fled the camp.

    A group of mercenaries infiltrated today from the northern side of the camp and after clashes with the SDF, the Turkish occupation mercenaries managed to smuggle ISIS mercenaries who were clashing with SDF.

    After the smuggling of ISIS mercenaries, the mercenaries of the Turkish occupation army burned the entire camp.

    https://www.hawarnews.com/en/haber/turkey-mercenaries-burn-ain-issa-camp-h12200.html

    • Martin says

      Oct 16, 2019 at 2:00 pm

      More jihadists backed by Turkey are heading to Northern Syria from Turkey to fight against SDF the “infidels” as they call them.

      These people are not going to liberate lands, they go for Jihad, & that was what ISIS was always doing.

      Video via Jaish al-Islam Telegram channel.

      twitter(dot)com/LawkGhafuri/status/1184440981191573504

  9. somehistory says

    Oct 16, 2019 at 2:00 pm

    What of erdogan’s barracks in the U.S.?

  10. Angemon says

    Oct 16, 2019 at 2:01 pm

    The latest jihad-style prayer call should come as a wake-up call to the German and Western Liberals.

    Keyword being “should”… Another to add to the pile of wake-up calls…

  11. CogitoErgoSum says

    Oct 16, 2019 at 3:22 pm

    I wish both sides many great victories.

  12. Pays de fous says

    Oct 16, 2019 at 8:24 pm

    The turkish football team made military salutes while playing in France. Jihad or jihad? I think Trump should dismantle the entirety of their so called “economy” sooner rather than later.

  13. Trick_or_Treat says

    Oct 17, 2019 at 10:23 am

    Erdogan/Turkey should be EXPELLED from NATO, IMMEDIATELY. They are in a triad alliance with Iran and Russia! The situation is ludicrous!

  14. David Ashton says

    Oct 17, 2019 at 1:35 pm

    I do hope the fellows in your photo (top) successfully find the missing contact lens.

  15. Paddy O'Connor says

    Oct 18, 2019 at 12:05 am

    I bet the Kurdish Mohammedans regret abetting the Turkish Mohammedans butcher the Armenian Christians during the Armenian genocide by Erdogan’s predecessors.
    If ever anyone deserved each other…..

  16. Marigold says

    Oct 18, 2019 at 6:34 am

    Wouldn’t you think that Germany would have learned its lesson from the last war? They won’t be able to control the militant Islamists in their midst anymore than they could control the Nazis

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