A letter from German human rights activist Michael Stürzenberger to Robert Spencer, lightly edited for clarity:
German authorities are apparently trying to silence me, because we hold rallies all over Germany to inform people about the danger of political Islam. Every weekend, we go to the centers of big cities and talk about the violence, terror, the oppression of women, and hostility towards Jews and other “unbelievers.”
Many radical Muslims are very angry about it. They often offend, threaten, throw objects and sometimes strike us.
Leftists extremists, meanwhile, have lost their favorite way to portray us as an enemy, because they have realized we are anti-Nazis, and we have re-founded the White Rose with the best friend of Sophie Scholl, Susanne Zeller-Hirzel. We warn against the Nazi-Islam-pact and show solidarity with Israel and the Jews. Leftists know now that they make a fool of themselves when they shout “Nazis out.” It took a long time to convince them. As you remember, when you were at the rally in Stuttgart in June 2011, they showed pure hate.
Our Leftist government is trying to ignore the danger of political Islam. Interior minister Nancy Faeser stopped the work of an “expert adviser on political Islamism” two weeks ago. She says, contrary to the facts, that the biggest problem in Germany is right-wing extremism.
Since 2010, I have held more than 400 public rallies about political Islam. In the first years, we held them only in Munich, when we engaged against the planned “European Islamic Centre” in the middle of Munich, financed by Qatar.
Since 2018, we have been touring all over Germany, and now it seems they consider us more and more as a nuisance.
The peak of obstruction by the judiciary is now this court case in Hamburg. I couldn’t believe that they want to throw me in jail for six months. Without parole!
At the rally on October 8, 2020 in Hamburg, I constantly differentiated between peaceful, democratic and non-violent Muslims and jihadis. I just criticized political Islam and its violent effects. We have an incredibly high crime rate among refugees who come mainly from Islamic countries that are jihadi hotbeds, such as Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, etc. You know the problem.
I only have one conviction, for so-called “incitement of the people“ from 2020. It was just a fine of 4000 euros. It was because of a speech from 2015 in Munich when I said “Muslims reject democracy.” I differentiated a few minutes later to specify that I was referring to radical Muslims, but the judge said that if someone walked past the rally and heard the sentence without differentiation, he could have taken it as hate speech. And so the so-called “passer-by verdict” was issued.
In Austria in 2015, I quoted my friend Nassim Ben Iman, an ex-Muslim from North Africa, who said: “Every Muslim who accepts the Koran as a direct command of Allah is a potential terrorist.” They sentenced me in Graz to six months’ probation for “hate speech.” The probation expired in 2018.
That was it so far. And now they want to throw me in jail.
I often remember our meeting in Stockholm 2012 at the counter-jihad rally. It was a great honor to meet you. Maybe we’ll see each other again sometime. Next year – when I’m still free – I’m planning to visit New York to see the 9/11 museum. That day my work on informing people about that danger started.
Check Burry says
I applaud your strength, & courage Mr Sturzenburger,, and what must be a great strain on you and yours.
It is just awful what the blind authorities are seeing through their rose tinted spectacles. I hope with the change in power in Italy, that will spread to many states. It needs too, urgently.
Infidel says
Herr Stürzenberger, I laud you for your campaign. I’m horrified that the AfD hasn’t picked up more support nationwide, and that things have gone from the frying pan into the fire, since the Social Dems are allies of the jihadis, and communist-lite. I hope that as more European countries follow the examples of Italy and Sweden, Frau van der Layen gets replaced by someone from one of these, and her replacement starts reversing these policies. Otherwise there’ll either be an exodus from the EU, or there will be a parallel EU made up of countries like Poland, Hungary, Italy, Sweden, et al who’ll be happy to grant more autonomy to individual members in terms of things like immigration
Scotsman48 says
Michael if you are reading this can you please go up to the top of the Zugspitize and film the islamic prayer room that is there and the toilet beside it that states for use by muslims ONLY.
I know you live in Munich and so Garmisch is less than 100klm away.
Im Scottish though I have lived in both Munich and Garmisch, mainly during the 1970s.
ben sherfort says
there is no option to stop informing the people about the horrors of satanic islam!!!!
FREEDOM OR DEATH!!!!
John ..Smith says
I have nothing but the greatest admiration for such brave people as Michael Sturzenberger, who risk their lives to inform others of the truth. They don’t have to do what they are doing, but they still do it anyway. It’s as if they have some moral obligation or duty to get this information out there, and that’s the reason I applaud them. There is something drastically wrong with a society that jails or persecutes them for this, but it seems to be happening all over the western world these days.
So keep the good work up Michael Sturzenberger, Robert Spencer, and all the team here at JW as your service’s are invaluable.
NoBurkas says
I’m not hopeful of you getting into the USA they normally reject people with convictions!
Keep your eyes open to keep your head on!
NoBurkas says
Quran 8 12 places TERRORISM as a basis for the MURDEROUS IDEOLOGY of ISLAM
Mortler says
I’ve been following his streams on Youtube for years and it’s true that he constantly differentiates between modern and radical Muslims.
Unfortunately, the population in Germany is not enlightened about Islam and such drastic criticism, which is imo completely legitimate, many leftists associate directly with right-wing extremism, making a mature discussion without emotions completely impossible. The result is defamation and denunciation, which was successful in the case of Hamburg. There are even left-wing extremists who accompany him all over Germany to see if he makes a thoughtless, hasty statement so that they can then denounce him.
However, his criticism is moderate and not hate speech. He also backs up his claims with sources.
The situation in Germany is very bad. Even if you cite criminal statistics showing that Afghans are 20x over-represented in gang rapes, you are being defamed as a Nazi, even though those are the official numbers.
Most people just don’t understand that the socities in Islamic countries are not compatible with our western values. Talking about it is considered as racist though…