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Germany: Muslim migrant sets fire to his own shop, claims it was a ‘hate crime,’ collects over $35,000

Sep 10, 2020 5:00 pm By Robert Spencer 27 Comments

“Islamophobic hate crimes” are in reality so thin on the ground that those who profit from claiming that Muslims are the targets of widespread discrimination and harassment in the West have to invent them. And they’re so much a part of the Western media narrative that Mohammad Moussa A. could be absolutely certain that his story would be believed uncritically; it was only his own carelessness that found him out.

However, the people in Wetter haven’t learned a thing: “The association ‘Wir in Wetter’ wants to continue its work for more cosmopolitanism. Especially now, they say. So that the case of the fraudster and arsonist does not harm others who really need help.”

“Wetter: Three years imprisonment for arson in his own shop,” translated from “Wetter: Drei Jahre Haft für Brandstiftung im eigenen Laden,” by Jürgen Kleinschnitger, WDR, September 2, 2020 (thanks to Medforth):

A grocer is to be jailed for three years. The district court of Hagen regards it as proven that the 35-year-old set fire to his shop in Wetter in 2018 to collect insurance money and donations.

The apparent fate of Mohammad Moussa A. shook people in Wetter in 2018. An arson attack upon a Syrian greengrocer. Before that, he had received threatening letters, the grocer said at the time.

(Not) a xenophobic attack

It was he who publicly claimed that it was a xenophobic attack. People believed him, and so there has been a great wave of helpfulness in Wetter since April 2018. Many schools and clubs donated to the grocer’s family. Volunteers helped rebuild the shop.

Civil society sent a clear message against xenophobia with numerous events, and politicians were also there: the mayor and the entire city council came from all parties to express their solidarity with the man.

Dubious greengrocer

The problem: the Syrian, who fled to Germany in 2015, started the fire himself. The Hagen District Court is convinced of this, and has sentenced him to three years in prison for faking a criminal offense, fraud, simple and dangerous bodily harm, according to the verdict.

The investigators found him out because he said he was in Gelsenkirchen at the time of the crime. In fact, however, he was on the scene before the fire department arrived, and carried propane bottles from his burning shop.

Also noticeable: a fuse was turned off and the light and video surveillance were switched off. The man finally got entangled in more and more contradictions. To make matters worse, he has claimed social benefits worth tens of thousands of euros, and threatened and also hit other people.

Wetter is shocked

Many in Wetter have been shocked since the verdict. For example, local resident Rilana Avranidis. She lives on the first floor directly above the former greengrocer. In 2018, she was surprised by the fire at night. She and her two children suffered from smoke inhalation and had to be hospitalized. She later helped the dealer rebuild.

Today it is clear to the mother of two that the man was obviously indifferent to the life of her family when he set fire to his shop. The district court of Hagen speaks of a “selfish motive”.

The case is also a bitter disappointment for the citizens’ association “Wir in Wetter”. The association had implemented many actions after the fake attack for the Syrians and for more openness to foreigners.

And they fell for a fraudster who misused his origins to pose as the victim of a xenophobic attack. Not only did he collect the sum insured of more than 30,000 euros; he also collected donations of several thousand euros.

The association “Wir in Wetter” wants to continue its work for more cosmopolitanism. Especially now, they say. So that the case of the fraudster and arsonist does not harm others who really need help.

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", claiming victim status, Featured, Germany, hate crimes, immigration Tagged With: Hagen, Hagen District Court, Mohammad Moussa A., Wetter


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  1. Keith O says

    Sep 10, 2020 at 5:17 pm

    Not surprised that something like this has happened.
    We have had similar things happen here in Australia. Like the Indian who set fire to his own car, got burned in the process and claimed it was a racist attack.

    I have often wondered if the mosques offer training courses in how to accuse infidels of hate crimes.

    Reply
    • mortimer says

      Sep 10, 2020 at 8:31 pm

      Someone should make a book of the fake hate crimes staged by Muslims to gain sympathy for Islam.

      Reply
      • Keith O says

        Sep 11, 2020 at 1:01 am

        Come on Mortimer, it would make war and peace look like a paperback!
        Or is that being judgmental or just realistic?

        Reply
    • talleyrand says

      Sep 10, 2020 at 11:44 pm

      and what about the one i NSW who set fire t his shop killing people that lived above in flats includeing a young mother and child
      They do not give a stuff re other lives , money ,money by any means fair or foul and usualy the latter
      HE no IT was finaly Jailed but will IT be deported on release forgot how long he got as it was murder an nothing else should be no other plea

      Reply
    • Phil says

      Sep 11, 2020 at 6:07 am

      Mosques are jihad headquarters.

      Reply
    • Rufolino says

      Sep 11, 2020 at 8:01 am

      “Islamophobia” is nearly always a scam. The exception proves the rule.

      Reply
  2. CogitoErgoSum says

    Sep 10, 2020 at 5:18 pm

    Well, I too am shocked – simply shocked.

    Reply
  3. j c a reid says

    Sep 10, 2020 at 5:22 pm

    Typical practice of Taqiyya.

    Reply
  4. Tricia E Stuercke says

    Sep 10, 2020 at 5:25 pm

    DESPICABLE! My ancestral German brothers & sisters apparently still haven’t learned the Muslim specialty of “TAQIYYA”! What’s that famous quote again…”Those who fail to learn from History are doomed to repeat it”?
    A mother & 2 children 1 floor above?!
    Lovin’ that “Religion of Peace”!

    Reply
  5. James Lincoln says

    Sep 10, 2020 at 5:32 pm

    According to the feature article:

    “Not only did he collect the sum insured of more than 30,000 euros…”

    Mohammad Moussa A committed insurance fraud. At least in the United States, the insurance company should be able to recoup the money paid out…

    https://criminal-law.freeadvice.com/criminal-law/violent_crimes/setting-fire-to-your-own-property-arson.htm-.htm

    Reply
  6. Verk says

    Sep 10, 2020 at 5:46 pm

    Typical dirty muzztard savage.

    Reply
  7. gravenimage says

    Sep 10, 2020 at 5:48 pm

    Germany: Muslim migrant sets fire to his own shop, claims it was a ‘hate crime,’ collects over $35,000
    ……………….

    No surprise here. I wonder how many more fake hate crime cases like this there are?

    Reply
    • curious george says

      Sep 10, 2020 at 5:55 pm

      gravenimage

      +1

      More than the “politically correct” will admit to or even properly investigate.

      Reply
    • owensgate says

      Sep 10, 2020 at 6:06 pm

      I’m pretty sure it is permitted by the koran to scam the kuffar wherever possible, with no repercussions.

      Reply
    • Reziac says

      Sep 11, 2020 at 9:39 am

      All of them.

      Seriously, I cannot think of a single exception… at least of hate crimes against any “protected minority”, Conversely, hate crimes against whites and Christians are abundant, and easily documented.

      Reply
  8. Red Pill says

    Sep 10, 2020 at 6:01 pm

    They also set fire to their own camps in Greece this week, then they tried to prevent the firefighters to extinguish the fire.

    Reply
    • FYI says

      Sep 10, 2020 at 7:00 pm

      Yes,but you see muslims don’t ever get Irony…or Logic do they?
      They burn down there own accomodation{generously provided for them} and the firefighters{kindly come to help them}: and so now they have.. no accomodation.

      islam is the violent… religion of ‘peace’.

      Reply
      • Rufolino says

        Sep 11, 2020 at 8:08 am

        They now have no accomodation, so they will be shepherded to mainland Europe where free money and other goodies will be heaped on them. Europe has become a continent of fools who are giving away the precious family silver to people unable and unwilling to appreciate it.

        Reply
        • Amit says

          Sep 13, 2020 at 4:09 pm

          And the Iman’s are laughing at how foolish the West is… and how they plan to take over

    • nicu says

      Sep 10, 2020 at 7:13 pm

      exactly : Blackmail to come to the praised land : germanistan ! And the germans still sleep :(( where can I get asylum ?

      Reply
  9. FYI says

    Sep 10, 2020 at 6:38 pm

    The little shop of islamic horrors.

    Since he appears to have been a dubious Grocer,one hopes he didn’t sell Watermelons.

    {Bada’i al Fuwa’id} of ibn Qayyim {islamic scholar age 129}:

    “If a man makes a whole in a watermelon,or a piece of dough or a leather skin or a Statute and has sex with it,this is the same about what we have said about other types of masturbation {i.e that it is halaal in the same circumstances as before,like on a journey}

    You hear that?It’s halal if it is done with a watermelon or a statue….

    Those islamic ‘scholars’…….

    Never buy a watermelon from an islamic scholar.

    Reply
  10. nicu says

    Sep 10, 2020 at 7:11 pm

    So they did on Lesbos set a camp on fire to come to Germany – and MerKill cannot wait to have them here !

    Reply
  11. nicu says

    Sep 10, 2020 at 7:27 pm

    Germans are very giving to Muslims !!! But ignoring their own people : ” If you are poor in Germany blame yourself ” – this is how they think .

    Reply
  12. elee says

    Sep 10, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    It is revealed that kafirs shall support Muslims and submit willingly to doing so. How this obligation is enforced is up to the individual Muslim. These kafirs supported this Muslim grudgingly and now wish to withdraw from their obligations. These kafirs have not submitted willingly and their submission will not be accepted.

    Reply
  13. Rob Roy says

    Sep 11, 2020 at 6:19 am

    Nothing new in Germany. There are real waves of this from time to time… media more than happy to scream: right wing terror! Before investigation even is finished, they have found, full Sherlock Holmes like, the arsonist. It MUST be Right Wing. on one building the showed like five attempts to spray paint a swastika, messing up directions and angles.

    Reply
  14. OLD GUY says

    Sep 11, 2020 at 9:27 pm

    Slime ball. The islamic world thinks the rest of us are here to support them.

    Reply
  15. Crusades Were Right says

    Sep 12, 2020 at 2:28 pm

    Three years?

    If somebody sets fire to a building where people are living, isn’t that ATTEMPTED MASS MURDER?

    THROW AWAY THE KEY!

    Reply

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