Islam in Germany > Another vehicular jihad in the fatherland, Perp - violent ISIS adherent, now dead

 

Germany: Muslim migrant who drove car into gay parade has long and violent criminal record

Jul 26, 2026 3:00 pm By Robert Spencer7 Comments

“Ballout is known to the police for offenses including grievous bodily harm and aggravated extortion. He is also believed to be a supporter of the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS).”

And yet he was still running around loose and able to commit vehicular jihad. Celebrate diversity!

The Islamic State issued this call back in September 2014: “So O muwahhid, do not let this battle pass you by wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers, patrons, and troops of the tawaghit. Strike their police, security, and intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be….If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him….”

Abdul Ballout, Berlin Police

CSD Terrorist Abdul Ballout Allegedly an ISIS Supporter

translated from “CSD-Terrorist Abdul Ballout (21) soll IS-Anhänger sein,” by Burkhard Uhlenbroich and Frank Schneider, Bild, July 26, 2026 (thanks to Medforth):

Berlin – Following the terror attack during the Christopher Street Day (CSD) event in Berlin, police are searching for a suspect using a photograph and are conducting checks at all German borders. Abdul Ballout, 21, allegedly struck several people with a car in the Tiergarten area around 10:00 PM on Saturday. One woman died in the attack. According to information obtained by BILD, the 21-year-old is a German citizen of Lebanese descent. He was born in Berlin in 2005.

According to BILD, Ballout is known to the police for offenses including grievous bodily harm and aggravated extortion. He is also believed to be a supporter of the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS). The 21-year-old was released from juvenile detention only last May.

Under no circumstances should you approach the wanted person if you encounter him; avoid direct contact. Abdul Ballout may be armed and dangerous! Contact the police emergency number (110) immediately.

“The man is known to the police and is associated with the Islamist scene in Berlin,” police spokesperson Florian Nath had previously stated. The suspect was reportedly released from juvenile detention only in May 2026. It remains unclear whether he was driving the vehicle. The car—which was empty and, according to a police spokesperson, heavily damaged—was seized at the scene of the incident…

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Germany: Vehicular jihad attacker was in ‘deradicalization’ program, but gave only ‘calculated answers’; He's now dead!

Jul 26, 2026 5:00 pm By Robert Spencer2 Comments

Here is yet more evidence that “deradicalization” programs do not work and cannot work. “Deradicalization” programs are an abysmal failure everywhere they have been implemented.

The whole premise of “deradicalization” is that Islam is a religion of peace that jihadis misunderstand, twist, and hijack. Since that is a false premise, and warfare against unbelievers is actually taught in the Qur’an and Sunnah, “deradicalization” focuses on other issues, such as “anger issues” that the jihadi may have, his feelings of “alienation,” and the like.

But since none of that changes what the Qur’an and Sunnah say about warfare against unbelievers, it doesn’t “deradicalize” the jihadi at all. A British psychologist behind a “deradicalization” scheme has also admitted that there’s no guarantee that jihadis can ever be “cured.” And Jonathan Hall KC, who was at the time the UK’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there was “no magic bullet or special pill” that could help to change convicted “extremists.”

From the Jihad Watch archives:

Austria: Vienna jihad murderer had gone to deradicalization program, was not considered a terror threat

UK: Libyan migrant who went on stabbing spree in Reading was in government deradicalization program

UK: London jihadi stabbed man at deradicalization event, victim’s father hopes killing won’t be used as a “pretext”

Gitmo prisoner reveals: Saudi “deradicalization program” is really a jihad training program

11 ex-Gitmo prisoners flee the Saudi “rehabilitation program” and join up with terrorist groups

Jaw-dropper: 25 former Gitmo detainees “return to militancy” despite Saudi rehab program!

Graduate from Saudi jihadi rehab program killed in Syrian jihad: “killed a large number of Christians before his acceptance by God”

Flight 253 jihadist wasn’t cured by Saudi anti-jihad art therapy

Former Guantanamo detainee now top al-Qaeda ideologue — “He was transferred to Saudi Arabia in 2006 where he was placed in a national rehabilitation project.”

Indonesian government admits that its jihadist rehab program is a failure

Malaysia: Muslim cleric active in deradicalization program promotes hatred of non-Muslims

France’s only jihadi “deradicalization” center is closing — it was voluntary, and it was empty

Australia: Multi-million-dollar taxpayer-funded “deradicalization” helpline “failing to gain traction”

Condolences in the aftermath of the Berlin Pride attack 2026, Wildtierreservat, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

He Chose Terror Over Deradicalization

translated from “Er entschied sich für Terror statt Deradikalisierung,” Frankfurter Allgemeine, July 26, 2026:

The suspected attacker—who allegedly killed at least one woman and seriously injured several people on the sidelines of the CSD (Pride) parade—had for some time been on the radar of state security, police, the courts, and the justice system. He had come to attention due to his radicalized Islamism in connection with the preparation of terrorist offenses. According to the police, the suspect was known to them and is associated with the Islamist scene in Berlin. Several media outlets reported that he harbored sympathies for the terrorist militia “Islamic State.”

According to Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), there is a conviction involving a suspended prison sentence, though it is not yet final. The accused, Abdul Ballout—whose full name Dobrindt disclosed—had been sentenced to one year and ten months of imprisonment, suspended on probation. The public prosecutor’s office had lodged an appeal against this. The suspect had previously come to attention “due to a high volume of criminal offenses,” Dobrindt said.

As recently as May, Ballout had been in state custody. He was reportedly in the preliminary stages of a deradicalization program and had already attended two sessions with experts in extremism prevention—during which no plans for an attack were mentioned, according to reports.

NDR, WDR, and the *Süddeutsche Zeitung* reported that the suspect had first come to the authorities’ attention at the age of 16. In May, he was reportedly sentenced to a juvenile term of one year and ten months for preparing a terrorist offense. He was released on probation subject to the condition that he participate in a deradicalization program.

Several media outlets reported that Ballout had taken part in two discussions with the organization Violence Prevention Network. However, staff members reportedly had doubts about whether to accept him as a client for counseling. *Focus* magazine quoted the organization’s managing director as saying that Ballout gave “calculated answers” during the conversations. A decision on further cooperation was not due to be made until after another meeting scheduled for this Monday.

According to media reports, the alleged perpetrator was under surveillance at times, and his phone was reportedly monitored as well. He had also reportedly attempted to join the “Islamic State” in Syria. How he managed to make preparations for the attack undetected despite these circumstances is one of the questions now being raised.

On Sunday evening, Ballout was shot dead during a police operation in Berlin-Spandau.

He has now discovered that there aren't any virgins waiting for him in Hell?  

Antisemitism in Europe > Rampant antisemitism at Sweden's Karolinska Hospital; Violent migrant breaks Jew's spine in Germany

 

In Sweden, a Jewish Doctor Is Subjected to Antisemitic Harassment, and Then Fired

Jul 17, 2026 10:00 am By Hugh Fitzgerald6 Comments

In Sweden, a Jewish physician complained after a colleague made him the object of antisemitic harassment. Then he, not the harasser, was fired. More on his ordeal can be found here: 

Swedish Jewish Doctor Alleges Antisemitic Abuse by Colleague

After Losing Healthcare Position

by Ailin Vilches Arguello, Algemeiner, July 13, 2026:

A Jewish physician in Sweden has come forward with allegations that he was subjected to antisemitic harassment by a colleague at a Stockholm health center before his consulting contract was ended — an account the healthcare company disputes — intensifying concern over antisemitism and political activism within the country’s healthcare system.

According to the Swedish newspaper Expressen, Gregory-Zvi Wirschubsky, a 69-year-old consultant physician at a Meliva health center in Stockholm, said the incident occurred last year. He recounted being confronted by a colleague during a coffee break who asked whether he was Jewish and, after he said yes, accused him of “killing Palestinian children.”

Wirschubsky said he replied that he had no connection to the Israeli military and had lived in Sweden since the age of seven, but that the colleague continued, telling him, “You can go to hell, you f___ing Jew,” before he ended the conversation. He said several coworkers witnessed the exchange but did not intervene.

He reported the incident to his manager, arguing that it amounted to discrimination and noting that staff had previously agreed not to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at work. Management said the matter would be handled internally, he said, but he was later told his consulting assignment had been terminated with no explanation. Because he was placed through a staffing agency rather than employed directly, the health center could end the placement with one month’s notice and was not obliged to give a reason. Wirschubsky said he does not believe his assignment ended because he is Jewish, but rather because of tensions surrounding the war between Israel and Hamas. He said the center’s medical director supported his account and pressed management for answers, receiving only a vague reply that the episode had been exaggerated.

Karolinska Solna – Hospital in Stockholm, No machine-readable author provided. Vattkoppa assumed (based on copyright claims), Public domain

Wirschubsky is wrong. He was discharged precisely because he was Jewish, and only after he made his complaint about a colleague’s antisemitic outburst. The Meliva health center, of course, was not about to admit that that was the reason for his dismissal.

Meliva rejected the allegation of discrimination. The company said it had conducted a thorough investigation and found no evidence that Wirschubsky’s Jewish background influenced its decision, characterizing the episode as “a personal conflict.” It said neither Wirschubsky nor the colleague who allegedly made the remark is still employed by the company, and that “discrimination and antisemitism are incompatible with Meliva’s values.”

Then we must assume that the doctor who verbally assaulted Dr. Wirschubsky has been disciplined or else the company is hypocritical.

Wirschubsky was dismissed from his job with the Meliva health center. His antisemitic colleague was not dismissed, but left voluntarily.

Apparently a public attack on a Jewish colleague as “you f*****g Jew” was not sufficient for the speaker to be reprimanded, much less fired. Nor did any of the other doctors who witnessed this antisemitic outburst say a word about it. It was instead the Jewish doctor who, after he complained about the episode, was fired from his job. Swedish doctors, wearing their medical attire, along with nurses and other medical personnel at Karolinska University Hospital, recently staged a pro-Palestinian demonstration right at the entry to their hospital. This certainly created an unwelcoming environment at the hospital for Jewish doctors and patients alike.

Antisemitism has long been a problem in Swedish hospitals, especially at Karolinska University Hospital. In 2018, Jewish physicians working there reported years of bullying, which included lower salaries, restricted access to patients and research, and being blocked from operating despite superior qualifications. Rather than addressing the harassment, hospital management allegedly retaliated against Jewish whistleblowers and sought to silence them. The allegations resulted in major legal battles and rulings against the hospital. In the best-known case, a Swedish Labor Court ruled in 2022 that Karolinska had illegally fired Dr. Svensson, a Jewish doctor on its staff, for complaining about the antisemitic bullying he experienced, and awarded him damages.

But as we see in this latest case — the antisemitic harassment of Dr. Wirschubsky by a colleague, his complaint about that harassment, and his subsequent dismissal — the Swedish medical establishment has a long way to go in fighting antisemitism in its ranks. Keep up the discrimination and whistleblower lawsuits, Jewish doctors. No appeals to decency will work to make the Karolinska University Hospital, or the Meliva health center, or other medical facilities in Sweden, crack down on antisemitism. But a hit to the wallets of the offending institutions will work wonders.

Syrian Muslim Migrant Breaks Spine of Elderly German Wearing an Israeli Flag Pin

Jul 22, 2026 2:00 pm By Hugh Fitzgerald12 Comments

The latest eruption of murderous antisemitism in Germany: a Syrian Muslim migrant, having noticed that an elderly man standing beside him at a bus stop was wearing an Israeli flag pin, proceeded to attack him in what the police said was attempted murder. His victim did not die, but his spine was broken.

Israel pin by Kjetil Ree, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

More on the attack can be found here: 

Syrian man breaks 65-year-old’s spine over Israel pin

translated from “Syrer bricht Mann (65) wegen Israel-Anstecker Wirbelsäule,” by Karl Keim and Karina Palzer, Bild, July 22, 2026 (thanks to Medforth):

Höchberg (Bavaria) – Horrific violence against a 65-year-old man in the Würzburg district! A 20-year-old Syrian man allegedly beat and seriously injured the man because he was wearing a pin featuring an Israeli flag. The Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating on suspicion of attempted murder.

As BILD learned, the Syrian man was standing next to the victim at a traffic light in Höchberg (Bavaria) during the night leading into Monday when he spotted the pin on the German man’s clothing. He reportedly first spoke to the man about it and then suddenly punched him in the face; the man attempted to flee, but the perpetrator caught up with him and knocked him to the ground.

The Syrian man reportedly kicked the victim repeatedly in the head and upper body. Police eventually arrived, at which point the 20-year-old attacked the officers. Multiple patrol car crews were required to arrest the 20-year-old. Police spokesperson Maximilian Basser: “A police officer sustained minor injuries during the incident.” Senior Public Prosecutor Sebastian Murrer confirmed reports by *BILD* that the victim suffered a severe spinal injury: “In addition to numerous bruises, the 65-year-old sustained a vertebral fracture.”

According to Konstantin Mack (29), chairman of the German-Israeli Society (DIG) in Würzburg, the victim is a member of the DIG. Mack told *BILD*: “We are appalled. He is in the intensive care unit. We hope there will be no permanent damage. Further examinations will have to determine that.”

The Public Prosecutor’s Office is classifying the act as attempted murder. The presiding investigating judge concurred, issuing an arrest warrant for the Syrian man, who was already known to authorities as a violent offender. He had harassed visitors at the Höchberg town fair hours earlier and had been stopped by the police as a result.

If the Syrian was known to the police as a violent offender, why had he not been deported back to Syria where, given the change in regime in December 2024, he could no longer claim to require “asylum” in Germany?

The DIG has called for a rally against antisemitic violence to be held on Friday at 5 p.m. in Würzburg’s market square: “Clear opposition is needed—on the streets, in political alliances, and wherever anti-Zionism is passed off as legitimate protest.”

This Syrian, “already known to authorities” for his violence, ought long before this have had his asylum claim rejected, and he should have been deported back to Syria. The failure of the German authorities to remove him led to his attempted murder of a supporter of Israel, who survived but with his spine broken. No, we need once again to insist, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel was wrong when she announced, while letting nearly a million migrants into her country in 2015, “wir schaffen das!” — “we can do this.” By this she meant that “we Germans can successfully integrate these mostly Muslim migrants into our society.” No. Germans, you really can’t.