Shock on Stuttgart's Christmas market: worrying Islamist calls!

Shock on Stuttgart's Christmas market: worrying Islamist calls!

The Christmas fairy tale on the Stuttgart Christmas market gets a bitter aftertaste. Instead of gentle Christmas sounds such as "a muh, a mow, a perpetrator, a perpetrator" or "Kling, Gell, Klingelingeling", echoed Islamist calls over the market. The last weekend in Advent turned into an unexpected center for political rallies. Thousands of Syrians came together to celebrate the defeat of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But worrying speaking choirs mixed.

These speech choirs included "Allahu Akbar" calls-words that mean "Allah is great", but are often used by Islamists as a call for violence. How Bild reported a spokesman for the Stuttgart police The appearance of a demonstration with around 3000 to 5000 participants. The police evaluate video recordings to translate choirs and to evaluate their meaning.

protest or provocation? Voices of concern

politicians and Islam experts are shocked by the events. Andrea Lindholz (CSU), faction vice, expressed understanding of the case of the Assad government, but emphasized that Islamist slogans on Christmas markets were absolutely unacceptable. Ahmad Mansour, extremism expert and psychologist, criticized the conscious use of Christmas markets for demonstrations as disrespectful and tasteless.

an increased security risk?

Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser has already pointed out the legal ban on knife for Christmas markets. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution continues to warn of an increased risk situation by terrorist organizations, especially the Islamic state. Because of their symbolism for Christian values, Christmas markets are an ideal goal for Islamist violent offenders.

Neither the cheerful Christmas mood hopes for, nor ignoring the dark threat to social media, visitors must be careful. According to assessments, the threatening potential for ideologically motivated violence on Christmas markets is high. As Bild To protect popularity as a symbol for western culture and Tradition.