Sulaiman Ataee – Eye on Islamism

Afghan’s life sentence for Mannheim police killing confirmed The judge emphasized the ideological motives behind the Mannheim attack — noting that Ataee believed every Muslim had a duty to kill non-believers.

September 25, 2025 TEC News

(European Conservative) The life sentence for the deadly knife attack on police officer Rouven Laur in Mannheim is now legally binding. No appeals were filed within the one-week deadline, meaning Judge Herbert Anderer’s sentence is final. Sulaiman Ataee was sentenced to life […]

Afghan man gets life in prison for jihadist knife killing in Germany

September 16, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) An Afghan man was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for a jihadist stabbing spree in Germany last year that killed a police officer and left five people wounded. The 26-year-old, only partially named as Sulaiman A. and found to […]

Syrian migrant accused of Germany stabbing was IS member: prosecutors

June 25, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A Syrian migrant accused of stabbing four people outside a bar in the German city of Bielefeld was a member of the Islamic State group, prosecutors said Wednesday. The suspect, identified as Mahmoud M., 35, is accused of randomly attacking customers […]

Germany continues Afghan migrant flights despite coalition pledge The outgoing government continues to bring in migrants, sparking controversy over security risks and broken promises.

April 14, 2025 Javier Villamor

(European Conservative) Germany’s government is moving forward with plans to bring in more Afghan migrants, despite the incoming CDU/CSU-SPD coalition’s promise to shut down these resettlement programs. A flight carrying over 150 Afghans is set to arrive in Leipzig soon, according to […]

Germany probing possible foreign influence in spate of attacks

April 7, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Germany said Monday it was investigating potential foreign influence in a series of recent attacks after a media report alleged that actors in Russia may have played a role in some of them. The spate of attacks blamed on asylum seekers […]

Afghan faces trial over deadly knife attack on German policeman

February 13, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) An Afghan man with suspected jihadist motives goes on trial in Germany on Thursday over a knife attack that killed a policeman and wounded five others at an anti-Islam rally last year. The hearings will start less than two weeks before […]

Merkel slams successor over far-right support on immigration bill

January 30, 2025 Jastinder Khera and Frank Zeller

(AFP) Germany’s ex-chancellor Angela Merkel weighed in Thursday on a controversy flaring ahead of February elections, slamming her party successor for relying on far-right support on the flashpoint issue of immigration. Conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz sparked outrage Wednesday when he pushed […]

Germany’s asylum services in the spotlight after knife attack

January 26, 2025 Pierrick Yvon

(AFP) With Germany reeling from another deadly knife attack by a migrant suspect, experts warned that the inability of asylum seekers to access mental health services has added to their existing vulnerabilities. Wednesday’s stabbing in Aschaffenburg, which claimed the lives of a […]

Far-right AfD holds rally in German city hit by fatal knife attack

January 24, 2025 Unlisted Author

(DPA) The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) held an event on Friday evening in the southern German city of Aschaffenburg, where a fatal knife attack has inflamed tensions over migration policy just weeks ahead of national elections. Among the participants was the […]

Germany: Victim of Islamist stabbing attack fined for inciting hatred against Muslims

November 30, 2024 Kurt Zindulka

(Breitbart) A German political activist who was the victim of an Islamist knife attack during a rally in Mannheim in May has been fined for supposedly inciting hatred against Muslim migrants. Michael Stürzenberger, 60, was fined this week by the Hamburg Regional Court […]

Germany: Muslim seminar to prepare 13-year-old girls for marriage sparks backlash The right-wing AfD says 'Girls’ Evenings in the Mosque' is clear proof that migration and integration policies have failed.

November 28, 2024 Zoltán Kottász

(European Conservative) An invitation by a mosque in Germany for girls as young as thirteen to take part in a “preparatory marriage course” has sparked a huge backlash, with centre-right and right-wing parties demanding an explanation. The invitation was sent out by […]

Germany charges Afghan over deadly ‘Islamist’ knife attack

November 6, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) An Afghan man has been charged with killing a police officer and wounding several others in an Islamist-inspired knife attack that shocked Germany, prosecutors said Wednesday. The attack in the western city of Mannheim in late May took place just before […]

Syrian man injures 31 people, German authorities ignore signs of Islamism The rampage in Essen was more reminiscent of a terror attack than a ‘domestic dispute.’

September 30, 2024 Zoltán Kottász

(European Conservative) A 41-year-old Syrian man set fire to two buildings, rammed his vehicle into a grocery store, and threatened passers-by with a machete in the western German city of Essen. While authorities and mainstream politicians are treating the case as an […]

Syrian man arrested after dozens injured, including eight children, in arson attacks in Germany Two apartment blocks were set on fire and a van was rammed into shops

September 29, 2024 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) A Syrian man has been arrested after arson attacks left more than 30 people injured, including eight children. Fires were started at two apartment blocks and a van was rammed into shops in the western Germany city of Essen on Saturday […]

Germany to bring back checks at all borders amid migration debate

September 9, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has ordered passport controls to be resumed along all German land borders in a bid to sharply curb the number of people entering the country without visas, government sources told dpa on Monday. The border controls […]

Germany holds cross-party talks in wake of deadly mass stabbing

September 3, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) Several German political leaders demanded stricter asylum and immigration policies ahead of a cross-party meeting on migration and security in Berlin on Tuesday. Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the gathering after a deadly mass stabbing at a festival in the western German […]

Germany resumes deportations to Afghanistan

August 30, 2024 Riham Alkousaa and Ludwig Burger

(Reuters) Germany said it resumed flying convicted criminals of Afghan nationality to their home country on Friday, days before German regional elections in which migration is a campaign issue. Berlin stopped returning people to Afghanistan because of human rights concerns after the […]

Germany and Europe are once again ‘Islamic State’ targets The Solingen knife attack has sparked renewed concerns about 'Islamic State' targeting Germany and Europe. Experts warn of a new wave of IS-linked violence driven by Middle East conflicts.

August 27, 2024 Christoph Hasselbach

(Deutsche Welle) The so-called “Islamic State” (IS) extremist group has claimed responsibility for the knife attack in Solingen. According to Amaq, the mouthpiece of IS, the attack was carried out in “revenge for Muslims in Palestine and elsewhere” and targeted a “group […]

Attack in Germany stirs debate on deportations to Syria, Afghanistan

August 26, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) Calls for the German government to tighten rules for asylum seekers from Syria and Afghanistan mounted on Monday, three days after the deadly knife attack in the western city of Solingen. Resuming deportations to the two countries has been a hot-button […]

German leader vows tougher knife laws and more deportations after fatal attack in Solingen

August 26, 2024 Daniel Niemann and Geir Moulson

(AP) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to toughen knife laws and step up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers Monday as he visited the scene of the knife attack in which a suspected Islamic extremist from Syria is accused of killing three people. Scholz, […]

Migration smashes into German elections after deadly knife attack Far-right Alternative for Germany eyes boost at the ballot box following killings which Chancellor Olaf Scholz described as 'terrorism.'

August 26, 2024 Nette Nöstlinger

(Politico) A knife attack allegedly perpetrated by a Syrian asylum seeker that authorities are investigating as a possible act of terrorism has renewed a heated debate over migration in Germany ahead of three state elections in which the far-right, anti-immigration Alternative for […]

The suspect in the Germany attack was motivated by Islamic State group ideology, prosecutors say

August 25, 2024 Daniel Niemann and David McHugh

(AP) A Syrian man on Sunday was ordered held on suspicion of murder and membership in a terrorist organization in connection with the Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary. A […]

German far right seizes on knife attack ahead of crucial state elections The AfD accuses the ruling coalition and the moderate center-right opposition of shortcomings on security.

August 24, 2024 Hans von der Burchard and Joshua Posaner

(Politico) A brutal knife attack in the German city of Solingen has reignited a debate about public security a week ahead of important state elections in eastern Germany, with the far right hammering the government coalition and other parties over alleged shortcomings. […]

Germany moves to ease the deportation of foreigners who glorify terrorist acts

June 26, 2024 Geir Moulson

(AP) Germany’s government on Wednesday launched new legislation to ease the deportation of foreigners who publicly approve of terrorist acts. Under the law, a single comment on social media could provide grounds for kicking people out. The measure approved by the Cabinet […]

German state politicians urge deportations to Afghanistan, Syria

June 19, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) A controversial debate in Germany over whether to resume deportations of convicted criminals to Syria and Afghanistan was the main topic of discussions as interior ministers from the country’s 16 states convened just outside of Berlin on Wednesday evening. The state […]

France: Five stabbed in reported Afghan community ‘score-settling’ attack

June 17, 2024 Kurt Zindulka

(Breitbart) A mass stabbing in a supermarket in the northern French city of Metz has left five people injured, including at least one very seriously. According to a report from the Le Figaro newspaper, the mass stabbing attack is believed to have […]

Germany mulls migration pact with Uzbekistan to deport Afghans

June 16, 2024 Michael Nienaber

(Bloomberg) Germany is in talks with Uzbekistan over a migration pact that could include the deportation of Afghan asylum seekers so that Berlin does not have to make any direct deals with the Taliban, according to people familiar with the plan. Chancellor […]

German intelligence warns of heightened Islamist terror threat

June 11, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) The threat of Islamist terrorist attacks in Germany is currently significantly higher compared to previous years, partially due to the Gaza war, according to Germany’s domestic intelligence agency. “The risk of jihadist attacks is higher than it has been for a […]

Germany debates deportations to Afghanistan, Syria A deadly knife attack that killed a police officer has triggered demands to allow deportations to Afghanistan. Anti-immigration rhetoric is being stepped up ahead of the elections for the European Parliament.

June 7, 2024 Jens Thurau

(Deutsche Welle) Colleagues, family and politicians converged on the city square in Mannheim on Friday to remember the young policeman who sustained deadly injuries one week ago. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier laid flowers. A 25-year-old man originally from Afghanistan, who is married […]

Germany’s Scholz seeks to deport criminals from Afghanistan, Syria

June 6, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to allow the deportation of serious criminals to Afghanistan and Syria again, he told parliament on Thursday, following the recent death of a police officer who was stabbed at an anti-Islamic rally. “Such criminals should be […]

Germany mulls expulsions to Afghanistan after knife attack

June 4, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Germany said Tuesday it was considering allowing deportations to Afghanistan after an asylum seeker from the country killed a police officer and wounded five others in a knife attack. Deportations to Afghanistan have been stopped since the Taliban retook power in […]

Mannheim knife attack: Authorities suspect Islamist motive German federal prosecutors have begun investigating a knife attack which left a police officer dead in Mannheim. On Monday, thousands of people gathered in the southwestern German city to pay their respects.

June 4, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Deutsche Welle) German authorities say they believe there was an Islamist motive behind a knife attack at an anti-Islam rally in the southwestern German city of Mannheim on Friday during which a police officer was killed. The federal prosecutor, Germany’s highest prosecuting authority […]

Anti-terrorism prosecutor takes over German knife-attack case

June 3, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Anti-terrorism prosecutors in Germany will take over the investigation into a knife attack in Mannheim that killed a police officer, a spokeswoman told AFP on Monday. She said the office took on the case due to the “singular importance” of the […]

Murder of German police officer inflames migration debate ahead of EU election Focus on immigration and Islamist extremism could benefit the far right in the final days of the campaign.

June 3, 2024 James Angelos

(Politico) The grisly killing of a police officer — captured on video by an onlooker and shared widely on social media — has sparked a highly emotional debate in Germany about migration and radical Islamism, just days ahead of the European Parliament […]

Policeman dies after being stabbed at anti-Islam event in Mannheim

June 2, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) A German police officer has died two days after being stabbed at an anti-Islam gathering in the western German city of Mannheim, authorities said Sunday, as police responded to demonstrations held in the wake of the attack. The public prosecutor’s office […]

German anti-Islam movement plans further events after knife attack

June 1, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) Germany’s anti-Islamic Pax Europa movement is planning further public gatherings despite Friday’s knife attack in the city of Mannheim that left a police officer critically injured. Next Saturday, the group will set up a booth outside the train station in the […]

German court orders man born in Afghanistan held after knife attack at an anti-political Islam event

June 1, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AP) A German court on Saturday ordered a 25-year-old man born in Afghanistan held on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a knife attack at an event organized by a group opposing “political Islam” that left six people injured. The victims […]

Six wounded in knife attack at German anti-Islam rally

May 31, 2024 Kirill Kudryavtsev and Femke Colborne

(AFP) Six people were wounded in a knife attack at a far-right rally in Germany on Friday, including a prominent critic of Islam, drawing immediate condemnation from the nation’s leaders. The attack, just days before EU-wide elections, comes amid a spike of […]