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Trudeau appointee says Islamophobia responsible for German Christmas market attack by Saudi refugee

By Clayton DeMaine, True North Wire

Canada’s special representative on combatting Islamophobia is blaming a terror attack on a Christmas market in Germany that killed five, including a nine-year-old boy, on “Islamophobia” and “anti-Muslim rhetoric.”

The attack perpetrated by a Saudi Arabian refugee who drove a vehicle at full speed into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, left 200 injured; 41 of those are in “serious condition” with lives endangered, according to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Amira Elghawaby, a Trudeau appointee tasked with taking on Islamophobia in Canada, said anti-Muslim bigotry is the culprit.

“Our thoughts are with those who have lost loved ones and those who have been injured in a senseless attack on a Christmas market that demonstrates the devastating impact anti-Muslim rhetoric, hatred, and Islamophobia can have on our societies,” Elghawaby said in a social media post.

Local media have identified the alleged terrorist as Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old Saudi Arabian refugee who has been living in Germany since 2006. Abdulmohsen has been arrested and charged with several counts of murder, among other charges.

A scan through the alleged terrorist’s social media shows that he’s criticized Islam since applying for asylum in Germany.

A video circulating online of Abdulmohsen’s arrest shows a man yelling “Allahu Akbar,” a term used frequently by Muslims which means “God is the greatest.” It’s unclear if the man being arrested in the video is the one who yells the Islamic refrain, however.

full story at https://tnc.news/2024/12/24/amira-elghawaby-islamophobia-german-christmas-market/

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