My latest in PJ Media:
German authorities are baffled: a knife-wielding man, identified in the German media as “Jibril A.,” stabbed three people to death and injured five others in Würzburg, Germany, on Friday. Police and intelligence officials have no idea why he did it. Yes, he was screaming, “Allahu akbar!” during his attacks, and yes, he told police interrogators after he was arrested that he had now carried out his “jihad,” but really, what does that even mean? The German-language Tagesspiegel reported Saturday that “the motive for the fatal knife attack in Würzburg on Friday has still not been fully clarified.” Of course it hasn’t. After all, Islam is a religion of peace!
According to Tagesspiegel, Bavaria’s Interior Minister, Joachim Herrmann, said that “it must now be determined to what extent the psychological condition of the 24-year-old Somali played a role.” Hermann revealed that “his condition had been noticed in recent months, including violent tendencies, and a few days ago he was put into compulsory psychiatric treatment.”
Hermann did acknowledge that Jibril’s screams of “Allahu akbar” and identification of his act as a “jihad” do suggest “a possible Islamist motive, and that is also part of the investigation,” but it’s clear that German authorities are favoring the idea that Jibril is mentally ill over the possibility that he is a jihad terrorist. German government spokesman Steffen Seibert tweeted Saturday: “The investigation will reveal what the motive was of the gunman from #Würzburg. One thing is certain: His horrific act is directed against all humanity and every religion. All thoughts and prayers are with the seriously injured and the families of the victims in their pain today.”
Those thoughts and prayers are no doubt going to go a long way toward fixing this problem, but Seibert’s claim that Jibril’s attack was against “all humanity and every religion” is hard to square with the attacker’s own claim that he was engaging in a “jihad.” Jihad is a theological concept in the Islamic religion that involves, among other things, warfare against non-Muslims until they accept the hegemony of Islamic law, which mandates a detailed and institutionalized second-class status for those outside the Islamic fold. The Islamic holy book, the Qur’an, tells Muslims: “Fight those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day and do not forbid what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden, and do not practice the religion of truth, even if they are of the People of the Book [that is, primarily Jews and Christians] — until they pay the jizya [a poll tax] with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.” (9:29) And more succinctly: “Fight them, till there is no persecution and religion is all for Allah.” (8:39)
There is more. Read the rest here.
Crusades Were Right says
[According to Tagesspiegel, Bavaria’s Interior Minister, Joachim Herrmann, said that “it must now be determined to what extent the psychological condition of the 24-year-old Somali played a role.”]
I suspect that investigating the “psychological condition” of Herr Herrmann would be more beneficial to the German nation.
Keith O says
If this wasn’t so serious this would almost be funny.
The response from the police is almost like something out of a Monty Python skit.
Michael Copeland says
Indeed.
“When these confidently authoritative pronouncements by Western politicians are set out next to statements by Islamic scholars and jihadis the result reads like a Monty Python script. Here are examples……”
https://gatesofvienna.net/2021/03/islam-western-leaders-are-well-deceived/
Keith O says
Thanks for that Michael, very interesting read.
James Lincoln says
Excellent link, Michael.
All should visit…
gravenimage says
Excellent piece, Michael. Thank you. Lots of self-deception and denial.
James Lincoln says
So, according to the feature article, the German government spokesman stated:
“His horrific act is directed against all humanity and every religion”
So did “Jibril A.” specifically state that his act was also directed against muslims?
Gotcha!…
gravenimage says
Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann: “One thing is certain: His horrific act is directed against all humanity and every religion”.
…………….
Every religion except for Islam, of course. Does Herman realize this, or is he just engaging in more ludicrous whitewash?
Herrmann has been dealing with Jihad terror for years:
“Bavarian Interior Minister: Ansbach attack linked to Islamist terrorism”
https://www.dw.com/en/bavarian-interior-minister-ansbach-attack-linked-to-islamist-terrorism/a-19426089
He’s still pretty much in denial, though.
Walter Sieruk says
Those police must deliberately be intentionally ignorant ,which is otherwise termed “willfully ignorant ‘
For the motive for that Muslims murderous and vicious behavior is clearly the furtherance of the jihad for the cause of Islam against “disbelievers” ,Surah 9:123
The police willingly putting their religious/ politically correct blinder on are then useless in their duty to protect the German people from the jihadist savages . Shame on them ,they are awful.
JohnTheRevelator says
It’s a very vicious circle, stupid uneducated masses continue to vote for insane parties like Merkel’s who allow Muslims to invade their nation by the millions.
Then Muslims begin raping, robbing, beating and terrorizing their citizens and ofc taking welfare, free housing, etc. Then Merkel’s party and her lapdogs in the media, lie about and cover the hideous crimes of Muslims to avoid turning the population against them.
Meanwhile they demonize opponents of Islam and mass immigration like the AfD. The media brainwash the masses to think everything is fine, they keep voting for the same idiots, more muslims come in, more violence and it keeps going on and on.
Great recipe to destroy your civilization and hand over your beautiful wealthy nation to a bunch of vicious barbarians stuck in the Dark Ages.
Muslims don’t even need to wage Jihad, western nations will destroy themselves for them. I had expected after 9/11 that we’d see the West mount a strong defense against Islam, not lie down and let Muslims walk all over us but that’s exactly what happened. Pure insanity.
gravenimage says
Actually, the majority of Germans did *not* vote for Merkel in the last election–but the opposition vote was splintered and she got back into office by default.
Fitna says
Hi Graven, JTR here, this is my other account.
Obviously not-I also never made the claim that the majority voted for Merkel…so you’ve constructed a strawman argument.
In multi-party systems like Germany’s, they need a majority of seats in order to rule. The CDU united with the SPD, the next largest party to form the new govt.
Merkel’s party got the most votes-which just underscores my point that idiots continue to support these dangerous parties that bring in more Muslim migrants and the issues that come with it.
To break out of that vicious cycle, the masses need to vote for anti-Islam and anti-migration parties like AfD.
As I recall in the previous elections in Sweden for example the SD (conservative party) got the most votes, but the other Left wing parties united against them and formed the next gov’t. These people are drunk on power and don’t care if their nations burn…literally in Sweden’s case.
My point is that if people want change and to get rid of Islam, they need to back parties that will fix this mess, not by continuing to vote for the same parties that created the mess.
gravenimage says
Fitna, I never said that you claimed that the majority of Germans voted for Merkel–I have just found many people have been surprised to find that this was not so. This tends to be especially true of my fellow Americans, since we have a largely two-party system here.
And I was certainly not trying to construct an argument against you–I was just adding a bit of information that I thought some even here might not know.
One thing I hadn’t realized is that you and JTR are the same poster–I have looked for your comments under both usernames.
Ren says
Cops are clueless when it comes to jihad.
gravenimage says
And even when they are not they are often prevented from openly telling the truth.
Kashyap says
All Islamists are brain washed to be what they are. Why are civilized humans just keeping quite?
Vicki Coghlan says
Again
Sorry I had to laugh
Cops look for a motive.
Durrrrrr
May I suggest they look in the Koran.
They will find many vile disgusting verses in there, one fine example is STRIKE FEAR INTO THE HEARTS OF THE UNBELIEVERS.
Michael Copeland says
Seibert’s assertion that Jibril’s attack was against “all humanity and every religion” is self-evidently untrue. It does not withstand scrutiny. He made it to assuage people’s concerns.
He must realise that it is not true. It is not just reckless: it is false,
James Lincoln says
+1
gravenimage says
Spot on, Michael.