Islam and the West Cannot Peacefully Coexist

On the Berlin jihadi attack:

Another day, another Islamist attack on innocent civilians. It is becoming all too routine – all too normal. This time a homosexual pride event, the Christopher Street Day (CSD), was being held in Berlin when a Muslim in a van ploughed into the crowd. Although he fled the scene after the terror attack, he was caught a day later and killed by authorities. Says one news report:

A suspect in the attack at Berlin’s Pride festival that left one person dead and at least 29 others injured was killed during a confrontation with police in a nearby suburb, The Associated Press reported, citing authorities. German authorities on Sunday launched an intensive manhunt for Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots. Ballout was killed following a nearly 24-hour search. Prosecutors said he had previously sought to join the militant Islamic State group. “Everything we see here points to us dealing with an Islamic terror attack,” German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said.

The article continues:

The minister said the suspect had previously come to the attention of authorities for multiple crimes, as well as his “radicalization and belonging to the Islamist scene.” Dobrindt said Ballout was born in Germany and that his mother became a naturalized German citizen in 2002, three years before he was born. He said the suspect previously received a suspended prison sentence of one year and 10 months but did not disclose what he had been convicted of. https://www.foxnews.com/world/berlin-pride-attack-believed-act-islamic-terror-suspect-run-german-minister

As I was just saying to friends who have German heritage the other day, I used to love going to Europe. Indeed, I lived there in the early 80s. But it has changed so radically since then that Europe is no longer a preferred holiday destination.

Mass migration, radical leftist governments, failed multi-culti policies, and woke wonders in authority who seem to constantly side with Islamic migrants over against home-grown Europeans, has made the continent a quite frightening place to visit – let alone live in.

Whether it is London or Madrid or Paris or Barcelona or Berlin, daily events involving foreign immigrants – many of them illegals who refuse to assimilate – is now getting out of hand. I shared just a few of these shocking episodes in my most recent article: https://billmuehlenberg.com/2026/07/26/cultures-are-not-all-the-same/

One commentator on X, Miss Jo, reminds us of some of the recent terrorist events that have rocked Europe:

Just in case anyone actually thinks that the attack in Berlin yesterday by a Muslim was a “one-off”. Here are the Muslim attacks using vehicles in Europe ONLY in the last 10 years:

 

14 July 2016 – Nice, France: Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel (Tunisian Muslim resident in France) drove a 19-tonne cargo truck into Bastille Day crowds on the Promenade des Anglais. 86 killed, 458 injured. ISIS claimed responsibility; French authorities classified it as jihadist terrorism.

 

19 December 2016 – Berlin, Germany: Anis Amri (Tunisian rejected asylum seeker) drove a stolen truck into a Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz. 12–13 killed, 56+ injured. ISIS claimed it; Amri pledged allegiance on video.

 

22 March 2017 – Westminster, London, UK: Khalid Masood (British convert to Islam) drove an SUV into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, then stabbed a police officer. 5 killed, ~50 injured. Classified as Islamist terrorism.

 

7 April 2017 – Stockholm, Sweden: Rakhmat Akilov (Uzbek Muslim) drove a stolen truck into a pedestrian street and department store. 5 killed, 14+ injured. He expressed support for ISIS; classified as jihadist.

 

3 June 2017 – London Bridge / Borough Market, UK: Khuram Butt (British Muslim of Pakistani origin), Rachid Redouane, and Youssef Zaghba drove a van into pedestrians then stabbed people. 8 killed, 48 injured. ISIS-inspired.

 

17–18 August 2017 – Barcelona and Cambrils, Spain: Younes Abouyaaqoub and a cell of mostly Moroccan-origin Muslims drove a van into La Rambla pedestrians (and a separate car attack in Cambrils). 16+ killed (including attackers), 150+ injured. ISIS claimed; Spanish authorities called it jihadist.

 

14 August 2018 – Houses of Parliament, London, UK: Salih Khater (Sudanese Muslim who emigrated to the UK) drove a car into cyclists and barriers outside Parliament. Several injured. Convicted of terrorism-related offences.

 

18 August 2020 – Berlin A100 highway, Germany: Iraqi man deliberately rammed motorcyclists, shouted “Allahu Akbar,” and claimed to be a “soldier of God.” Several injured. Investigated as possible extremism alongside mental-health issues.

 

13 February 2025 – Munich, Germany: Farhad Noori (Afghan asylum seeker) drove a Mini Cooper into a trade-union demonstration. 2 killed, 40+ injured. He shouted “Allahu Akbar” and made prayer gestures on arrest; prosecutors stated an Islamist motive (anti-Western/religious convictions)

 

2 October 2025 – Heaton Park Synagogue, Manchester, UK: Jihad al-Shamie (Syrian-born British citizen) rammed a car into the synagogue gates/pedestrians then stabbed worshippers (while wearing a fake suicide belt). 2 killed, several injured. He pledged allegiance to Islamic State in a 999 call; treated as jihadist terrorism.

 

5 November 2025 – Île d’Oléron, France: Man who had recently converted to Islam drove into pedestrians/cyclists, shouted “Allahu Akbar,” and claimed a mission from Allah. 5 injured.

 

16 May 2026 – Modena, Italy: Salim El Koudri (Italian of Moroccan origin) rammed pedestrians then stabbed a bystander. Multiple serious injuries (one later death). Initial official assessment pointed to psychiatric disorders; some later reporting and expert commentary suggested possible Islamist elements (videos of violence, searches), but he was charged with violence rather than terrorism.

And one authority on the situation there posted this: “Shocking data reveals: 96% of ALL terrorism and security threat investigations in Germany in 2025 were linked to Islamic extremism.” One suspects figures like this would also apply to most European nations.

While all this has indeed become the norm in Europe for many years now, what is even more utterly mind-boggling is how all the usual suspects are bending over backwards to downplay the ‘M,’ ‘I’ and ‘T’ words. Whatever you do, do NOT mention ‘Muslims,’ ‘Islam” or ‘terrorism’. Far, far better to let even more innocent Europeans be slaughtered than dare to be seen as ‘racist’ or ‘Islamophobic’ or ‘exclusive’ or ‘divisive’.

Thus almost immediately after the jihad attack we had brainless wonders playing down the real nature of it. The Berlin pride march organisers, the left, the media, and police, politicians and others are all insisting that we must not politicise the attack by this non-white Muslim, and we must not blame a particular religion.

A New York Times headline put it this way: “Car Plows Into Crowd at Berlin Pride Event”. Yeah right, as if this uppity car, with a mind of its own, decided to attack people at the event. Since when do vehicles have volition and moral agency? How about an honest headline instead NYT?

And the organisers of the pride event said that the attack must not be used “for political ends”. They said: “People are trying to divide our society and set some people against others. As the CSD in Berlin, we will not allow this.” Good grief – what fools.

Um, earth calling useful idiots: We all know with absolute certainty that if some white guy claiming to be a Christian had done this, they all would be screaming to high heaven about it, politicising it, and blaming whites and Christianity. They would go on and on about this, and seek to further criminalise and shut down Christianity in Europe.

Brigitte Gabriel put it this way before the attacker was found:

How many more people need to get Allahu Akbar’d before the West wakes up to the threat within our borders? A 21-year-old Muslim of Lebanese descent named Abdul Ballout, already known to authorities and linked to Islamist circles, drove a van into the crowd at Berlin’s LGBTQ+ Pride event. One person is dead. Dozens more are injured. He’s still on the run. Queers for Palestine are silent. Islam is not your friend. Time to wake up and take action!

Indeed, this is the very thing Gad Saad has been warning about, especially in his best-selling book Suicidal Empathy. As he said at the very end of that book: “A society dies when it cares more about exhibiting infinite tolerance and empathy than invoking its survival instinct. It truly is that simple.”

Europe is dying all right. So too Australia, America and other parts of the West. We better wake up fast, or we will lose it all.

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