Germany and Europe are once again 'Islamic State' targets – DW – 08/27/2024
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The Solingen knife attack is just the latest example of a new wave of violence linked to the "Islamic State" terrorist group. Experts say the war in the Middle East is the main catalyst.

The attack in Solingen is just the latest example of a new wave of violence linked to the Islamic State terrorist group. Experts say the war in the Middle East is the main catalyst.

The terrorist militia Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the knife attack in Solingen. According to Amak, the mouthpiece of IS, the attack was carried out in “revenge for Muslims in Palestine and elsewhere” and targeted a “group of Christians.”

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    9·
    23 days ago

    Ah, because of Palestine. It’s just an excuse, but supporting Israel in their genocide really isn’t a good look either way.

  • DMBFFF@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    23 days ago

    Islamic State has probably murdered over 20 000 innocent Arabs civilians.

  • Ellia Plissken@lemm.eeEnglish
    31·
    23 days ago

    I know we made a big show about leaving afghanistan, but I haven’t heard about Iraq in ages. are we still fighting over there?

  • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    19 days ago

    Do they know Germany is part of Europe? It’s like saying “both the shirt and the clothes I’m wearing”. One is part of the other, so just saying “Europe” covers it all.

  • mods_mum@lemmy.todayEnglish
    640·
    23 days ago

    Common population is getting increasingly worried about negative effects of mass immigration. They are ridiculed, called racists, silenced and also arrested for speaking up. They are held hostage by their own government.

    Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable as JFK said.

    • idiomaddict@lemmy.worldEnglish
      241·
      23 days ago

      As an immigrant in Germany, people who don’t support immigrants are not cowed by their government, don’t worry. They love to tell me about it. Maybe if you were an immigrant for a day, you would see things differently as well.

          • mods_mum@lemmy.todayEnglish
            214·
            23 days ago

            Maybe you should get out some time

            Let’s focus on data primarily available from Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and other official sources.

            1. Homicides and Attempted Homicides by Immigrants

              2016: According to BKA data, immigrants were suspects in 285 cases of homicide or attempted homicide. This was during a peak year for refugee arrivals. 2017: Immigrants were suspects in 298 cases of homicide or attempted homicide. 2018: The number dropped to 230 cases. 2019: There were 256 cases where immigrants were suspects. 2020: The number was approximately 220 cases.

            2. Sexual Offenses

              2016: Immigrants were suspects in approximately 3,400 cases of sexual offenses. 2017: This number increased to around 3,600 cases. 2018: The number remained relatively stable, with about 3,400 cases reported. 2019: There were 3,500 cases. 2020: Around 3,000 cases involved immigrant suspects.

            • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
              131·
              23 days ago

              I’mma be honest, I didn’t dig statistics for Germany, but I live in Russia where the same migrant hysteria is rampant rn, and saw some numbers from there.

              On average, immigrants in Russia commit less crimes per person than native population. The areas in which there are objectively more crimes are migration laws (obviously) and sexual offences. Numbers in other categories are higher by native Russians. And mind you, our migrants come from underdeveloped primarily Muslim countries, too.

              With that said, do you have data on the share of crimes committed by native German population and immigrants? Pure numbers mean little without context.

            • atro_city@fedia.io
              91·
              23 days ago

              Cites sources, doesn’t link them.

              Also, does being a suspect mean they are guilty? All somebody has to do is scream rape, point and a non-white, and they are guilty of rape?

            • idiomaddict@lemmy.worldEnglish
              62·
              23 days ago

              Immigrants are over 15% of the population, of course they commit crimes. 8% of rapes are reported, wanna bet whether they’re more frequently reported when they’re committed by immigrants?

        • DMBFFF@lemmy.worldEnglish
          63·
          23 days ago

          Apparently the disgraceful rapist pig was a minor when he did it, and she was jailed for a weekend.

            • DMBFFF@lemmy.worldEnglish
              7·
              23 days ago

              Judge jails 1 of 9 men in Germany gang rape of teen girl

              https://torontosun.com/news/world/judge-jails-1-of-9-men-in-germany-gang-rape-of-teen-girl

              ​

              The others convicted of rape — filmed twice during separate assaults — received suspended sentences of one to two years. Four were identified as German, while the others have Armenian, Afghan, Kuwaiti and Montenegrin citizenship, reports said.

              …

              A 10th defendant was found not guilty, while another accused who faced charges for aiding and abetting and filming the rape, was acquitted in April.

              ​

              The judge’s sentences are not considered the final ruling.

              ​

              Due to the ages of the defendants at the time — between 17 and 21 — the trial was conducted by the youth chamber of Hamburg’s court. Sentencing is determined by each defendant’s educational needs, according to German criminal law.

              ​

              According to prosecutors, the girl attended a party on the festival grounds of the park on Sept. 19, 2020. While drunk, the teen was led by four men to a bushy area and abused.

              a lot of drunk women were/are raped by nominally Christian native-born.

              The judge called the proceedings “a mammoth circumstantial trial in which it was not clear for a long time what had happened on the night of September 19th to 20th, 2020,” according to a translation of a report by Germany’s Spiegel.

              …

              Some called for the judge to be a rape victim herself, while the criticisms were “marked by an anti-immigrant undertone,” the group added.

              ​

              and this was almost 4 years ago and occurred in a country of 82 million.

        • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          19 days ago

          You should check your sources.

          I found this on your source:

          Overall, we rate The Telegraph Right Biased based on story selection that strongly favors the right and Mixed for factual reporting due to poor sourcing of information and some failed fact checks.

          Bias Rating: RIGHT Factual Reporting: MIXED Country: United Kingdom MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE Media Type: Newspaper Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY

      • mods_mum@lemmy.todayEnglish
        321·
        23 days ago

        What a bizarre take. What does the age of the account has to do with anything?

        • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
          14·
          23 days ago

          It’s a common indicator of people making throwaway accounts for the sake of trolling without backlash.

          Sometimes genuine accounts may have strong takes, but that’s more rare. And the nickname “mods_mum” doesn’t make it any more believable.

            • atro_city@fedia.io
              161·
              23 days ago

              Oh no… people are starting to trust “AI” to provide them accurate information without verifying it.

              “But but but, ChatGPT said it, so it must be right!”

              • mods_mum@lemmy.todayEnglish
                114·
                23 days ago

                ChatGPT doesn’t make up data out of thin air. All crime statistics used are from the BKA. Here’s the rest of stats normalized by the population size

                • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
                  141·
                  23 days ago

                  Numbers don’t even seem to add up, or something strongly changed between 2007 and 2010.

                  Also, you’re either a troll or a very incompetent researcher. You should absolutely never ever rely on LLMs to serve you any factual data. LLMs are highly prone to hallucinations.

                  Here’s an actual paper on the issue: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167268123001713

                  Generally, the migrant crime rate increased in 2008-2014, but then decreased throughout 2015-2019. In total, the change averages to about zero.

                  As per reasoning, two primary forces are demonstrated: on one hand, poorer material conditions, and on the other, the fear of being deported. In 2015-2019, during refugee crisis, being sent back could mean essential death sentence, which shifted the balance. All of this is to say that we should improve material conditions for migrants if we want the crime rates among them to drop further. Instead, it is currently done under threats of deportation.

                  The only thing left unanswered for me is sexual violence. But in Germany, the difference between natives and locals is not as big as to justify mass measures against an entirety of migrant population.