World News

32505 readers

1059 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ml

AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml

jackmarxist@lemmy.ml

zephyreks@lemmy.ml

OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml

Report: German Xmas market attacker is Saudi anti-Islamist who shared pro-Israel content (www.timesofisrael.com)

submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The suspect in the deadly ramming at a Christmas market in Germany on Friday was an anti-Islam activist who shared pro-Israel content on social media in the wake of the October 7 attacks, The Wall Street Journal reported.

According to the Journal report, the suspect, a Saudi national who had moved to Germany in 2006, ran a website and social media channels warning against Islam and discussing women’s rights, as well as posting content in support of Israel.

He also showed support for Germany’s far-right anti-immigration AfD party, the report said.

top 4 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] breakingcups@lemmy.world 38 points 20 hours ago

Interesting what this guy and Elon Musk have in common..

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 18 points 20 hours ago

Huge L for local Council for not enough barriers. 2016.

Also, we need car-free city centers.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This guy is just the wildest mixture of things. Pretty much everything you hear is somewhat contradictory. It seems he is just straight up insane - tangled up in trauma, confusion, anger, lies and conspiracy theories

[–] poplargrove@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

He was wrong, but Im not sure he had contradictory beliefs.

The only thing that stands out IMO is him being for AfD - but that makes sense if you note that anti-immigration sentiment among ex-muslims when it shows up is actually specifically against muslim immigration, not immigration in general (Im exmuslim and spent a bunch of time in online exmuslim spaces).

He ran a forum to help atheist Saudis seek asylum, and his last tweets were among other things anger at the German failure to help Saudi asylum seekers. Clearly not anti-immigration.