Muslims Feeling Intimidated, Victimized

"Many Muslims in our county are uneasy."

"They're afraid to speak out at all, and feel intimidated by the debate."

"[There have been attacks on mosques and] on Muslims and also those who are perceived to be Muslims at a rate like never before."

Aiman Mazyek chairman, Central Council of Muslims in Germany

 

"Demonstrators, who according to local media numbered in their thousands, marched through Frankfurt's city centre waving both Palestinian and Lebanese flags."

"The protesters reportedly shouted "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" — a highly contentious phrase that German police have frequently invoked as a reason to to deny permission for organised pro-Palestinian protests."

EuroNews

People take part in a pro-Palestinian rally in Berlin, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. AP Photo

Muslims are notorious for crying 'victim'. They are the single most reliable group to threaten others and create societal chaos, most notably by marching out in great numbers to 'protest', when protest is a code word for singling out Jews and portraying them as threats to society. Demonstrating against the Israeli counter-attack in Gaza in response to Palestinian terrorist groups' constant violence against Israel and its Jewish population, calling for Israel's destruction and the ancestral Judean land on which it sits to be wholly Arab Palestinian, they create divisions in society, yet blame others for the dysfunction they are responsible for.

 

In Germany, supporting the existence of Israel is a "Staatsrasp", a principle of fundamental resonance in the country. Numerous incidents of anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies have taken place in Germany, without authorization when authorities warn they will not be tolerated. Palestinians respond by claiming they feel marginalized, their voices unheeded. In Germany police shut down pro-Palestinian conferences, denying entry to pro-Palestinian speakers.

 

Some German art organizations withhold prizes to authors deemed to have been overly critical of Israel or the Israeli military's presence in Gaza or the West Bank, characterizing the 'occupation' as a prelude to genocide  by the 'apartheid' Jewish state where the population is close to one-third comprised of Palestinian Arab citizens who elect their own representative members of the Knesset. When Muslim pro-Palestinian marchers shout 'from the river to the sea', they are advocating for the destruction of Israel. These are not verbally non-aggressive, 'peaceful' sentiments.

 

Launching pyrotechnics, setting cars on fire, shouting threatening notices toward Jews in Germany do not fall under the category of peaceful protests. The October 7 atrocities committed in southern Israel in 2023 by Palestinian terrorists led by Hamas and the Israeli military's response in invading Gaza for the purpose of routing Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine whose operatives were involved in the savagery unleashed in Israel, and the ongoing search for the abducted Israelis, have launched 'pro-Palestinian' -- in reality, antisemitic -- marches throughout Europe.

 

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate against Germany's Israel policy in Duisburg.  Martin Meissner/ AP.

 The tensions of hateful reaction to Israel's devotion to the security of its population and its determination to once and for all, rid itself of the never-ending menace of Palestinian terrorism has seen a resurgence of Jew-hate world-wide, of an intensity that has been unprecedented other than during Nazi Germany's goal of depersonalizing, dehumanizing and destroying Jewish life  throughout Europe during the Second World War. Jews are threatened wherever they live, either in Israel or throughout the diaspora. Yet the Muslim population which has spread internationally cries victimhood.

In Berlin police are investigating reports of a youth team of Makkabi Berlin -- a Jewish soccer  club -- having been chased by a crowd shouting "Free Palestine", carrying sticks and knives following a match with another Berlin club. "The Gaza war has infected everything", stated Stefan Kornelius, a senior editor of the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung. The recent violence in Amsterdam after a soccer match between an Israeli and a Dutch team has led to authorities investigating antisemitic attacks on Israeli fans.

 

In Amsterdam, continuing unruly protests have led to some 70 arrests, including arrests of ten Israelis, mostly for minor offenses, while Dutch authorities decry the post-soccer game attacks as antisemitism, including an orchestrated plan to seek out Jews in the perpetration of violent attacks. "What happened over the past few days is a toxic cocktail of antisemitism hooligan behaviour and anger over the war in Palestine and Israel and other countries in the Middle East", stated Femke Halsema, the mayor of Amsterdam.

 

In the same token, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights cites that close to one in every two Muslims in the bloc has been victimized by racism and discrimination, representing a sharp increase since 2015. Their report says Muslims are targeted not just because of their religion but also because of their skin colour and ethnic or immigrant background. That Muslims born in Europe and women wearing religious clothing are particularly affected, including by police racial profiling. 

 

Demonstrators march in support of Palestinians, in London, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024.  AP