Radical Islam Targets Christianity’s Holiest Days for Attacks

German authorities have foiled a terrorist plot. In connection with the planned attack, five migrant men were arrested who allegedly intended to drive a truck into crowds at a Christmas market. Jozsef Horvath, security policy expert and director of the Sovereignty Protection Research Institute, told Magyar Nemzet that the goal of Islamists is to intimidate Christians and demonstrate their own strength.

Christmas markets in Germany operating under police protection (Photo: AFP)

Radical Islamists Planned the Attack

The composition of the group indicates that radical Islamists were behind the plot, though it was a “multicultural” cell in the literal sense: three Moroccans, one Syrian, and one Egyptian reportedly made up the five-man team. The oldest member, an Egyptian man in his 50s, served as the group’s ideological leader,

the expert said, also addressing the link between illegal migration and terrorism.

The fact that a terrorist group assembled from three different countries was in the preparatory phase of a serious attack in Europe—during Advent, targeting a Christmas market—shows that terrorism has entered Europe alongside illegal migration and continues to live among us, merely changing its form,” Horvath said. "In recent years, attacks have often involved lone actors, but the emergence of a coordinated cell may also indicate that security services have successfully disrupted multiple plots in time.

He warned that, just as a decade ago during the Paris attacks and later in Brussels, “such terrorist cells can form at any time. Given the large number of radical Islamists who have arrived in Western Europe, their convergence and mutually reinforcing views can inevitably lead not only to lone-wolf attacks—as seen in several vehicle-ramming incidents—but to coordinated operations designed to be far more destructive."

Commenting on the European Union migration policy, Horvath was blunt:

The EU has never gotten off this runaway train. No matter what happens in Europe, they always claim these are isolated cases or that the perpetrators suffer from psychiatric problems. The Western liberal-leftist elite avoids acknowledging or stating plainly that these are radical Islamist terrorist attacks. Instead, they try to reassure the public by portraying the attackers as mentally disturbed individuals—even when this is an obvious and factual falsehood.

Referring to the recent attack in Australia, Horvath added:

A recurring pattern is that radical Islam treats Christianity’s major holidays—such as Advent and Christmas—and, in the case of Judaism, Hanukkah, as priority attack periods. The goal is to sow doubt, instill fear among believers, and demonstrate strength.

“This is where Western Europe’s systematic self-surrender has led,” the expert concluded. “It is unwilling—and increasingly unable—to defend its values, its way of life, and its citizens.”

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Hungary Remains Safe

The director of the Sovereignty Protection Research Institute also emphasized:

Thanks to Hungary’s stict migration policies over the past decade, both Hanukkah and Christmas markets can be celebrated peacefully and joyfully by Hungary’s Jewish and Christian communities alike—as they should be."

“The fact that in Hungary we can celebrate Hanukkah and the anticipation of Christ’s birth openly in public spaces is, in my view, a tremendous political achievement,

the expert said.

Cover photo: Christmas markets in Germany operating under police protection (Photo: AFP)