It’s the same story the world over: governments don’t pursue simple justice in case after case because they don’t want to outrage their ever so easily angered Muslim communities.
“German Jews, politicians up in arms over failure to prosecute synagogue arsonist,” by Benjamin Weinthal, JNS, June 28, 2022:
(June 28, 2022 / JNS) On June 5, 2021, a man identified by German media as Serkan P. allegedly attempted to burn down the Ulm synagogue, in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg. Firefighters extinguished the blaze. Five days later, Serkan P. fled to Turkey. A year on, a JNS investigation has found that Germany’s federal and state governments have failed to take concrete actions to arrest and prosecute him.
The case is a major source of embarrassment for both the governor and interior minister of Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, and Michael Blume, the commissioner responsible for fighting anti-Semitism in the state.
According to a June 2021 article in German daily newspaper Stuttgarter Nachrichten, the Baden-Württemberg government failed to inform the German federal government that Serkan P. had fled the state.
“It’s a shame the federal government did not know, since the suspect must have passed federal police border control at the airport,” prominent German attorney Nathan Gelbart told JNS.
When asked if the federal government was working to seek Serkan P.’s extradition, Marek Wede, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said the ministry “cannot comment on individual persons and we do not comment on the work done by German state governments. Please get in touch with the press office of the government of Baden-Württemberg.”…
Blume declined to respond to numerous JNS queries about what he has done to secure the extradition or prosecution of Serkan P. JNS press queries to Kretschmann and Baden-Württemberg Interior Minister Thomas Strobl likewise were not answered.
Uzay Bulut, a Turkish political analyst, told JNS, “It’s a scandal that the German government has allowed a criminal to flee to Turkey after he sought to torch a synagogue.”
She continued, “What kind of a message does this convey to other Jew-hating extremists in Germany who wish to inflict violence on Jewish people? That a person was allowed to leave Germany with no consequences after [attempting to burn down a] synagogue is a disgrace. Germany should take its fight against anti-Semitism a lot more seriously, and get Interpol to issue a Red Notice to catch this terrorist before he or others like him do more damage.”
A Red Notice is “a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action,” according to the Interpol website.
raja says
These Western govts once torch bearers of the world are doing despicable things to prop up globalization and multi-culture as though they are the most sacrosanct thing on earth (though it is doing evil by virtue of islam sneaking into these nations). There is nothing good left in the running the govts of today. No principles and no standards. Only muddled thinking.
JOHN HINDS says
So, let me get this straight. When the Nazi’s burned Synagogues back in 1938, it was a “bad thing”. But, today, if you question the motives of this “punk”, you would probably be accused of “Islam-O-Phobia”? (Whatever that is!) Yeah, that straightens me out, just like a pretzel!
gravenimage says
I would not use sneer quotes. Burning a Synagogue *is* a bad thing.
mortimer says
To John Hinds: Islamophobia is a secular way that the mullahs use to enforce their right to have a monopoly to speak about Islam. Even ordinary Muslims do not have a right to speak about Islam. It is very risky to do so. They leave it to the mullahs and sheikhs who have a right to make a binding fatwa and to speak with the authority of their position. That can be risky as well. Kafirs have no right to speak about Islam and in Islamic countries it can lead to death even if the kafir’s words are accurate, verifiable and perfectly expressed.
Sharia law always has a back door or escape clause to avoid actually fully complying with a requirement of Sharia … such as temporary marriage as an example.
Islam is full of duplicity like that as well as the provision of LYING ABOUT EVERYTHING if that advances the supremacy of Islam.
Islam makes liars of almost everyone or it damns the whole society to silence … pretending that Islam is perfect.
‘Islamophobia’ is merely the secular translation of ‘haram’ (impermissible). Whatever the mullahs don’t want people to say is ‘haram’ or ‘Islamophobic’. The mullahs decide what is ‘permissible’ … almost everything that you think you know about Islam.
Get it?
Roland says
Michael Blume (not Jewish) is a notoriously incompetent government official in Baden-Wurttemburg responsible for combating anti-Semitism.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.jpost.com/diaspora/german-antisemitism-official-must-resign-compared-jew-to-nazi-583930/amp
gravenimage says
Thanks for that ugly link, Roland.
gravenimage says
Germany: Muslim torches synagogue, flees to Turkey, government does nothing to find or arrest him
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Just disgusting. And of course Turkey is giving this arsonist Jihadist sancturary.
Fred Alan Medforth says
Current disgust from Baden- Württemberg: An accusation of blasphemy in Germany, again!
https://medforth.biz/an-accusation-of-blasphemy-in-germany-again/
gravenimage says
Thanks for that link, Medforth.
somehistory says
OT: “In defiance of US bishops, Nancy Pelosi receives Communion at the Vatican”
“RATICAN CITY (RNS) — In defiance of some U.S. bishops, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi reportedly received Communion during a Mass presided over by Pope Francis on Wednesday (June 29) for the celebration of the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.”
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced June 1 that the Catholic congresswoman is banned from receiving Communion in her home diocese of San Francisco due to her abortion rights stance. Since then, she has been barred from receiving the sacrament in four dioceses.Pelosi called the recent pronouncement by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade an “outrageous and heart-wrenching” decision. The U.S. Catholic bishops lauded the court’s decision, which they said overturned “an unjust law that has permitted some to decide whether others can live or die.”
Pelosi met with Francis on Wednesday before the service and received a blessing, according to one of the Mass attendees.
Sitting in the VIP section during the traditional Mass at St. Peter’s to celebrate the patron saints of Rome, Pelosi….”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/in-defiance-of-us-bishops-nancy-pelosi-receives-communion-at-the-vatican/ar-AAZ015S?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=32465f011745401fabb42bd6a0e
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Devasur says
And turkey lectures others about protecting the minority the irony.
gravenimage says
Yes–this from Turkey, where the Armenian Genocide was waged for decades, is just grotesque.
European pagan says
In Turkey (or Türkiye? 🦃) he will live without consequences.
Robert, I sent something some days before, did you get the message? (Deutsche Bahn)
gravenimage says
European pagan, I send in stories pretty frequently. Robert Spencer is so busy that he only rarely replies. If the story shows up in the next few days, it means Jihad Watch could use it. And of course, there are so many stories about Jihad terror and related matters that JW cannot run them all.
European pagan says
It was not about jihad, it was about a leftist transbullshit that shocked me…