Christian YouTubers in Germany could face prison for ‘Islam is not peace’ video
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Hamburg prosecutors are investigating two Christian YouTubers for allegedly ‘insulting’ Islam in a video criticizing religious calls for the killing of Jews within Muslim texts.
(LifeSiteNews) — Two Christian YouTubers in Germany are being investigated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office for criticizing Islam.
The Hamburg Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating two Christian YouTubers for criticizing Islamic “anti-Semitism” and Islamic religious texts in a YouTube video that had between 600 and 1,000 views before it was taken offline.
According to the authorities, their statements are alleged to have violated the ban on “insulting religious denominations, religious communities, and ideological associations.”
The maximum sentence under section 166 of the Criminal Code regarding insults to religious groups is three years in prison. However, these cases are usually punished by fines rather than prison time.
The two young men, who go by Niko and Tino, run the Christian YouTube channel Eternal Life, which has a little over 2,000 subscribers.
According to German Evangelical news outlet IDEA, the public prosecutor’s office launched an investigation into Niko because of statements he made in a video in 2024 that allegedly violated Section 166 of the Criminal Code regarding insults to religious groups.
Apollo News reported in April that the second man, Tino, is also under investigation in connection with the same video.
The YouTube video was called “Islam is not peace” and was published in December 2024. Tino told Apollo News that they took the video offline due to the legal proceedings, even though it had between 600 and 1,000 views.
According to Apollo News, the video begins with scenes from various pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Germany, including one in Berlin-Wedding.
“It’s the year 2024, and anti-Semitism is officially allowed again in Germany,” Niko said in the video.
He went on to say: “Palestinians are committed to the extermination of the Jews, as the hadiths instruct them.” The hadiths are collections of the deeds and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad that represent an important source of Islamic theology next to the Koran.
The YouTube video then quotes the following hadith: “The Last Hour will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims will kill them until the Jews hide behind a tree or a rock.” (cf. Sahih Muslim 2922)