Abu Assad al-Almani asks Muslims in Germany to attack
any German citizen who supports the film by “cutting
their heads from their bodies and capturing it on film so
that it is accessible to the public, so that the whole of
Germany, and even the whole of Europe, knows that
their criminal games will be thwarted by the sword of Islam.” By Soren Kern Muslim protests over an American-made anti-Islamic
YouTube film, Innocence of Muslims, have spread to
more European cities. Muslim rioters had initially clashed
with police in Belgium, Britain and France, but since then, protests have spread to Austria, Denmark, Germany,
Greece, Norway, Serbia and Switzerland. In Germany, while thousands of Muslims took to the streets in various cities, the biggest demonstration took place in the Dortmund, where 1,500 Muslims holding Turkish flags marched through the city center on
September 22. In Hanover, protests involved about 1,000
Muslims on September 23. In Baden-Württemberg, North
Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony police reported
protests involving 1,600 people. Protests were also
reported in Bergisch Gladbach, Cuxhaven, Münster, Freiburg and Karlsruhe. A radical Islamist, Abu Assad al-Almani, has called for bombings and assassinations in Germany after it emerged that the actor who plays Mohammed in the
anti-Islam movie was allegedly German. In an 8-page
document, entitled “Settling Scores with Germany,” and
posted on the Internet on September 25, Abu Assad
states: “In addition to the ugly cartoons, now the
Americans have produced a film in which those pigs poke fun at our dear prophet and insult him.” Abu Assad continues: “The one who played our noble
Messenger was a German;” he then calls for revenge
attacks. He asks Muslims in Germany to attack any
German citizen who supports the film by “cutting their
heads from their bodies and capturing it on film so that it
is accessible to the public, so that the whole of Germany, and even the whole of Europe, knows that their criminal
games will be thwarted by the sword of Islam.” The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) says the
document has been produced by a group called the
Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF), the European
propaganda arm which supports Al Qaeda and other
radical Islamic organizations. The BKA says it is taking
the threat “very seriously.” In Berlin, Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich has postponed at the last minute a poster campaign aimed at countering radical Islam for fear it might have incited violence by extremists. The posters had been due to go
up as of September 21in German cities with large
immigrant populations. The posters were aimed at those
who suspected that a friend or family member might be
drifting towards radical Islam. In another sign that German officialdom is coming unhinged by political correctness, the ruling Christian Democrats (CDU) lashed out at Baden-Württemberg’s
Integration Minister, Bilkay Öney, for stating what many
Germans believe is obvious, namely that “Islam tolerates
no criticism.” She also said it was easier to dialogue with
Muslims in Germany because they are relatively well
educated. “In other parts of the world,” she said, “some take to the streets and set fire to embassies.” CDU regional director Thomas Strobl rebuked Öney, a
Turkish-born German politician, saying: “What Mrs. Öney
says is surprising and shocking. Such remarks are
unacceptable, as they emphasize what divides us, instead
of linking and integrating.” Strobl wondered how Öney,
who is a Muslim, could hold such politically incorrect views about Islam. Elsewhere in Germany, more signs emerged that the
threat of Muslim violence is endangering free speech in
Germany. Development Minister Dirk Niebel (FDP) called for a ban on broadcasting the anti-Islam video in
Germany. “Such a film should not be shown. We should
not be adding fuel to the fire,” he told the newspaper,
Bild. “The person who demands limitless freedom of
expression has no idea what conflicts can be provoked
by it,” Niebel said. His comments follow similar statements by German Chancellor Angela Merkel , Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich. In Greece, the center of Athens (recently dubbed the
“New Kabul”) turned into a war zone ( videos here) on September 23, when more than 1,000 Muslims — mostly
immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh
— hurled bottles and other objects at police, who were
trying to prevent the rioters from descending on the
American Embassy. Protesting Muslims, chanting “All we have is
Mohammed,” gathered in Omonia Square holding banners reading, “We demand an immediate punishment for those who tried to mock our Prophet
Mohammad.” Shouting “Allah is Greater,” they then
assaulted police with stones, bottles and slabs of marble
they broke from the sidewalks. When Greek riot police used tear gas to control the
protesters and protect the security zone they had
established around the embassy, infuriated Muslims
responded by vandalizing streets and buildings in
downtown Athens, as well as by setting fires to trash
bins, smashing shops and display windows and vandalizing automobiles. Around 30 Muslims were
arrested. Also in Athens, Muslim inmates at the Korydallos prison
(Greece’s main prison, in which an estimated 70% of the
inmates are Muslim) went on a rampage and protested
the anti-Islam video by burning mattresses, sheets and
clothing. Security officials at the prison brought the
situation under control after using teargas to force the rioting inmates to return to their cells. In Austria, some 700 Muslims descended on the American Embassy in the Alsergrund district in downtown Vienna on September 22. They carried
banners and shouted slogans of protest against the film,
and called for the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate.
The protests were well organized: some Muslims
wearing orange vests were waiting at the nearby metro
station to guide protestors toward the embassy. According to the Austrian newspaper Tageszeitung Österreich, one young woman wearing a headscarf said, “The film has triggered such a rage in me, I had tears in
my eyes.” Other protesters wondered how it was
possible that the film portrayed “our beloved prophet as
a child molester and misogynist.” In Norway, in front of the American Embassy in Oslo on
September 21, more than 150 radical Islamists gathered, shouting, “This world needs another Osama.” Separately,
hundreds more Muslims gathered at Youngstorget
Square in central Oslo to protest the anti-Islam film.
Oslo’s imams were joined in the protest by the city’s
Conservative Mayor Fabian Stang, as well as Lutheran
Bishop Ole Christian Kvarme, who said in a speech: “With this peaceful protest we want to maintain and
strengthen our unity. As believers we understand each
other.” In Italy, the Interior Ministry announced on September
25 that it had expelled two Libyan jihadists who were urging attacks against Western targets in revenge for the
film denigrating Mohammed. Police said the Libyans,
aged 26 and 28, had been in a hotel in Rome for several
months, receiving medical care after being injured
during the Libyan conflict. Police said they were expelled
after they “began activities of proselytizing and propaganda to jihad within the Libyan community.” In Serbia, several thousand fans from a local football club in the country’s Muslim-majority Sandzak region
protested against the film on September 21. Defying a
ban on political slogans at the march, supporters of
Torcida Sandzak football club waved banners reading,
“The Prophet is in my heart” and “Freedom for Palestine,
Afghanistan and Libya.” There was a heavy police presence at the march, where protesters also waved the
flags of Turkey and Bosnia. In Spain, the Islamic Commission, a Muslim umbrella group, has sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-
moon demanding the enactment of an international law
that would outlaw blasphemy “so that no attack against
religious sentiment will go unpunished.”
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