The driver … came to Germany in 2006. But he is not an Islamist … on the contrary: He was apparently a radical critic of Islam and sympathized with the AfD – and Elon Musk.
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Saudi critic of Islam, fan of AfD and Elon Musk: disturbing details about the perpetrator of the Magdeburg attack
The driver killed in Magdeburg, Taleb Jawad Al Abdulmohsen, came to Germany in 2006. But he is not an Islamist - on the contrary. He accused Germany of Islamizing Europe.
After the suspected attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market, there is little to suggest an Islamist motive so far. The driver of the car is Taleb Jawad Al Abdulmohsen. He first entered Germany in 2006 and was not identified as an Islamist by the security authorities.
In fact, he was apparently anything but a religious fanatic. On the contrary: he was apparently a radical critic of Islam, sympathized with the AfD - and Elon Musk. The 50-year-old worked as a doctor and psychiatrist in a psychiatric clinic in Bernburg, 50 kilometers south of Magdeburg. But he stopped coming to work a few weeks ago, the Tagesspiegel found out.
On his X account, his profile description read: “Germany hunts Saudi asylum seekers at home and abroad to destroy their lives. Germany wants to Islamize Europe.” His cover picture shows a rifle.
In a video, the man explained shortly before the attack on the Christmas market that he had been active as a refugee and asylum activist for several years. He also presented himself as an ex-Muslim critic of Islam.
The FAZ asked him in an interview in 2019: “Do you believe, despite all your experiences, that there can be an Islam in which women have equal rights?” He replied: “No, I don’t believe that. There is no good Islam.”
On Friday evening, a few hours before the attack, he posted several videos in which he said in English: “I hold the German nation responsible for the killing of Socrates.” In June, he accused the German police of being the “real driver of Islamism in Germany”.
“We need AfD to protect the police from themselves,” the alleged perpetrator went on to write. Die Welt reports on another tweet, which was apparently later deleted, in which he announced “retaliation”. He wrote: “I assure you that revenge will come 100 percent soon. Even if it costs me my life.” He continued: “Germany will have to pay the price. A huge price.”
He recently shared posts by Markus Haintz, a well-known Querdenken [= the German anti-Covid measures movement] activist. Al Abdulmohsen also expressed solidarity with the British right-wing extremist Tommy Robinson. In another tweet from 2016, the man wrote: “Me and AfD are fighting the same enemy to protect Germany.” In August 2017, he posted: “I would like to prove in court that Islam is much worse than the plague.”
It was not until 15 December that an Islamophobic organization published statements by the psychiatrist. He accused Europe and Germany of welcoming jihadists in order to Islamize the West, while oppressing former Muslim refugees.
“In the background” it is about something ‘much bigger’, said Al Abdulmohsen in conspiracy theory style. “What Elon Musk, Tommy Robinson and others are saying is true.” Governments would use mass migration as a tool for destabilization. “It’s not about helping refugees - it’s about reshaping Western nations from within.”
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Perhaps he calculated that the best he could do to help AfD win power is to become the Arab Terrorist bogeyman people would rally to them in fear of, and bet that the fact that his actual political views would be dismissed as incongruent with the “Arab Terrorist” model in people’s minds.
Something the Tagesspiegel won’t mention. The suspect also supported Israels annexation of Palestinian Land and annihilation of Palestinians, as well as Israels invasion of Syria on his twitter account. This could be relevant as Palestinians have some of the oldest christian communities and places like Bethlehem are in occupied Palestinian land.
Please excuse the indirect source. His twitter profile wasn’t accessible for me this morning. https://www.instagram.com/p/DD0eEcItXjI/?igsh=bjk2dGRrMXdmdXN1
The amalgamation of Islamophobia/Radical anti-religiousness, Fascism and Imperialism is now also killing native Europeans directly. This is an inevitable result of these ideologies centered around devaluing human life.
Besides your whole chain of argumentation … what is that Instagram account?
Ftr, you could have easily linked to Nitter:
(Putting this behind a spoiler, for anti-SEO reasons.)
He is a raised Muslim who turned atheist from Saudi Arabia. Doing that carries the death penalty in there, so he fled to Germany. That is a pretty decent reason to hate Islam. So when AFD and other far right idiots like Musk claim Europe is taken over by Muslims, then somebody like that can absolutely loose his mind. It is also in line with wanting Israel to conquer as much land in the region as possible. He was heavily discriminated by a Islamic government, so wanting a guy like that preferring Israel over Muslim rule is logical.
He called for people to oppressed, discriminated and murdered. It seems he wanted everyone dead who he considered to not follow his will. If he wants freedom of religion for himself, he would have to grant it to everyone else too.
The only “logic” in there is egomania. And that is where these ideologies come together. They deem one group or person superior to others based on arbitrary categories.
Given how direct some of his statements were, including his calls for “revenge” on Germans and that he has been making these sort of statements for years, it is quite concerning that there was no earlier action by the police against him. We’ve seen these kind of “blind spots” with a lot of Nazi terrorism in Germany, like around the NSU terror cell and its vast network of supporters.
I need to prepare the surprised pikachu face as some kind of sticker or something to quickly be able to put it in comments, I want to use it constantly.
I don’t see how that applies here. He doesn’t really seem to fit the expected profile so being somewhat surprised is appropriate.
Non-islamic right wing terrorist attacks are more common than islamist terrorist attacks in Germany. For “some reason” it just doesn’t end up in the news for long.
True, but extreme right wing terrorists seem to be more frequently what they like to call “biodeutsch” and also rarely from more privileged classes such as doctors.
There were really two reasonable profiles to expect, right wing or Islamic extremist. He seems to have split the difference in an odd way. It will be interesting to see how this impacts the election. He is an immigrant, so that could help AfD, but he is also (at least) fascist adjacent which could hurt them.
There were really two reasonable profiles to expect, right wing or Islamic extremist. He seems to have split the difference in an odd way.
I wouldn’t say there’s any split, they are two sides of the same coin and he just happens to not be on the side that aligns with his ethnicity, the article describes him as identifying as an ex-muslim.
