By Michael Ashcraft –
Evidence is mounting that a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who allegedly drove a BMW at high speed through a crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Dec. 20, killing at least five people and injuring 200 others, is an Islamic radical.
Taleb al-Abdulmohsen had been living in Germany as an asylum-seeker since 2006. The UK’s Tousi TV accused him of being part of a sleeper cell, a terrorist who self-identified as an atheist in order to embed himself in Germany without raising alarms.
Saudi Arabia had warned Germany at least three times about Taleb’s extremist views, and some of his followers on X (formerly Twitter) also alerted authorities when he tweeted “Germany will pay.” But German police failed to act to prevent the violent act.
Taleb was arrested at the scene of the massacre. A bomb was found in his rented car that failed to detonate.
In Islamic countries like Egypt, extremists have targeted churches at Christmas for bombings for hundreds of years. It is a favorite time to attack, as Muslims see Christmas a deeply offensive. To them the idea of God having a son, of God coming into his creation, is antithetical and blasphemous.
In 2016 in Germany, an ISIS-inspired terrorist drove a truck through a Christmas market in Berlin killing 12 and injuring 56 others.
At publication time, media are reporting widely that Taleb actually was an anti-Islamist, far-right extremist. If that were so, why didn’t he strike a crowd of Muslims or a mosque? If he were mad at the German government, why didn’t he strike a government building?
When he drove far from his home to attack a place close to Berlin, was he secretly messaging solidarity with the 2016 ISIS attacker? Why did he stylize his attack after the Muslim model and not say a school shooting, the American domestic terrorist model?
Some in the media speculated that he was mentally ill.
Despite 10 years of slamming Islam on his social media accounts, there are some posts that may reveal his true colors. “We will return Hamas to Gaza and if you like we can bring Hamas to your home so you can taste it,” says a Taleb tweet unearthed by Tousi TV.
Another Tweet says, “I was a Shi’ite, but I found that Wahhabism is the original Islam.” Wahhabism was the branch followed by Osama ben Ladin and the Al-Qaeda crew.
“Taqiyya is a concept in Islam. It is a license to lie,” Mahyar explained. “You are able to pretend your are something or someone else in order to further your own agenda.”
For example, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan applied for asylum in Canada saying he was a gay ex-Muslim at risk in his native Pakistan. He was arrested in September 2024 for plotting to “slaughter” as many Jews as possible.
“He has had two lives,” said Mina Ahadi chairwoman of the Central Council of Ex-Muslims in Germany. “If you have been dealing with him for a long time, you have a strange feeling. He has literally terrorized members of the association.”
Saudi Arabia wanted to extradite Taleb as a criminal, but Germany declined. It is hoped that police interrogations can clarify his true motives.
One hopes the German authorities will be more forthcoming than the British, who appeared to cover up the motives of the Southport killer for political reasons. The political stakes are high as the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is gaining momentum with people unhappy about the consequences of allowing limitless immigration.
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About the writer of this article: Michael Ashcraft pastors a church in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.
