Germany’s Moral Failure Boosts Islamism

What is the greatest enemy of Islamism? Is it courageous individuals who break free from its grip? The children of radicals who refuse to follow in their parents’ footsteps? Is it the police, the intelligence services, or the judiciary? No. I will tell you. The deadliest enemy of Islamism is knowledge, awareness, and truth, and its greatest ally is ignorance. And nowhere is this ignorance more lethal than in Germany.

In Germany today, Islamism does not tremble before the law. It does not cower before the government. It flourishes because it is ignored. This ignorance, this willful blindness, is the breeding ground where hatred grows, where radicalization festers, and where antisemitism finds safe harbor.

Where law and government hesitate, radical hatred thrives.

Germany has become, in the eyes of many international observers, a land of sleepers. A country asleep at the wheel while Islamists walk its streets unchallenged, spreading their venom. A country where terrorists find refuge, build networks, and plant the seeds of future atrocities.

It takes foreign intelligence to wake Germany up.

Make no mistake: if it weren’t for allied intelligence services ringing the alarm, some of Germany’s most dangerous extremists would go unnoticed. These warnings have repeatedly come from outside. France. Israel. The United States. Without them, Germany would already be on the edge of catastrophe.

Just last weekend, Berlin gave us a chilling preview of what happens when complacency meets extremism. Nearly 1,500 people gathered near the Egyptian Embassy in Tiergarten. They didn’t gather for peace. They gathered for power, chanting for a caliphate in the Middle East, calling for Egypt’s army to march on Gaza, and shouting slogans that have no place in any democracy. The police tried to stop it. They banned the rally, calling it a threat to public safety. The first court agreed. But then, in a decision that shook Berlin’s leadership, the Higher Administrative Court overturned the ban. And so, the rally for a caliphate went on, with men and women segregated on the streets of Berlin, just as they would be under the regime they dream of. Berlin’s police chief, Barbara Slowik, said she had never been more hurt by a court decision in all her years in office. Mayor Kai Wegner noted what should have been obvious to everyone: “A caliphate, and the ideology behind it, has no place in Germany.” And yet, the rally happened anyway.

But wait, some will say, hold on, Michael. Isn’t it too easy to just blame Germany? Isn’t that simplistic? Shouldn’t we take a more nuanced view? To those who offer this well-meaning but dangerously naive defense, I pose a simple question: can Germany afford to ignore antisemitism?

Because that is what this really is. Islamism, in its purest form, is antisemitism with a religious mask. It is hatred of Jews, of Israel, of freedom itself. And yet when radical Islamists gather in Berlin, chanting for a caliphate, waving black flags of jihad, where are the counter-protesters? Where are the so-called peace activists who claim to defend human rights? Where are those Germans who profess their love for their country’s democratic order? Nowhere. They are silent. Hiding. Afraid.

Fear silences the media and paralyzes politics.

Why are Germany’s public broadcasters silent? Fear.
Why do politicians avoid this topic in parliament? Fear.
Fear of being called racist. Fear of losing votes. Fear of confronting a truth that might shake the comfortable foundations of their political careers.

But truth does not go away when you ignore it. Islamism does not disappear when you close your eyes. Hatred of Jews does not vanish when you pretend it’s only happening somewhere else.

Germany’s hesitation is poisoning itself and the world.

Germany today is caught in a climate of hesitation and denial. A swamp of denial, where radical preachers are allowed to spew hatred under the guise of religious freedom, and where radicalized youth are allowed to organize openly on social media, calling for Israel’s destruction. This swamp is not only poisoning Germany. It is exporting hatred far beyond its borders. We’ve seen this before.

If anyone believes you can solve a problem by ignoring it, I invite them to pour sand into their own eyes. Ignore it. Pretend it’s not there. See how long it takes before the pain becomes visible to everyone around you.
Germany’s moral failure is not just a domestic issue. It is an international threat. It weakens the West. It endangers Jews across Europe. And it betrays the lessons of history that Germany has sworn never to forget.

This is not a call for paranoia. This is a call for clarity.

Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is a radical political ideology that distorts religious faith to justify hatred, antisemitism, and totalitarian rule. It seeks to destroy democratic values, not coexist with them. Millions of Muslims reject this perversion of their faith and oppose its violent agenda. But it is a radical ideology that uses Islam as its justification. And when this ideology marches in the streets of Berlin, calling for the annihilation of Israel, it is no longer a theoretical debate. It is a threat to human life.

What Germany needs is not another committee, another hashtag, another candlelight vigil. What Germany needs is courage. Political courage to name the threat. Social courage to confront hate wherever it festers. And moral courage to protect its Jewish citizens, not only in words, but in deeds.

Because when the streets of Berlin echo with cries for a caliphate, and the only response is silence, the message to the world is clear: Germany has forgotten. Again.

There are voices of resistance, but they need help.

Yes, there are voices in Germany who fight back against this darkness. Courageous politicians who dare to call Islamism what it is. Dedicated civil society organizations that monitor antisemitism and work tirelessly to protect Jewish life. And yes, countless Muslims who reject this ideology of hate and want nothing to do with it.

But their efforts, as brave as they are, are not enough. Not yet. The danger is growing faster than the resistance. The swamp is rising while too many still hesitate to call it by name.

Germany stands today at a crossroads. It can either confront this threat with open eyes and firm resolve, or it will one day wake to find itself overrun, its promises of “never again” drowned out by the same hatred it once vowed to eradicate.

But there is still time. Time to wake up. Time to act.

Because the next generation will not forgive those who slept while darkness crept in through the front door.