A Recent Convert To Islam Becomes Suicide Bomber

Cox & Forkum recently re-posted a cartoon portraying the doctrine of multiculturalism as "the real suicide bomb"—an intellectual bomb meant to induce the suicide of Western Civilization. (The observation originally came from conservative columnist Mark Steyn.)

The real world provides a startling confirmation of this identification. According to the New York Times article below, the native German convert to Islam who organized the recently thwarted terrorist plot was recruited to radical Islam at a German "Islamic center" run by Wahhabi fundamentalists. The name of this center: the "Multi-Kultur-Haus."

It makes perfect sense. The essence of multiculturalism is the view that it is oppressive to assert or defend the values of Western Civilization—while it is mandatory to show an obsequious deference to all non-Western cultures. What better cover could there be under which to import radical Islam into the heart of Europe, while neutralizing all opposition?

"In Plot Suspect, Germany Sees Familiar Face," Nicholas Kulish and Souad Mekhennet, New York Times, September 7 Legally, his name is as German as they come: Fritz. To his new confidants in the radical Islamic scene and alleged terrorist co-conspirators, he was Abdullah.
Fritz Gelowicz, barely 28 years old, sits in police custody, charged with leading a terrorist plot that, had it succeeded, could have surpassed the London and Madrid bombings in their murderous toll. That he is a German native, born in Munich, and a youthful convert to Islam has only made it harder for his countrymen to grasp the accusation, although his guilt is far from established….

That Mr. Gelowicz found the Islamic scene in Ulm, on the other hand, may have been the least shocking part of the unfolding tale. This unassuming city on the Danube River, birthplace of Einstein, has for years had a reputation within Germany as the center of a fiery Islamic movement….

The Multi-Kultur-Haus, an Islamic center on the Bavarian side in Neu-Ulm, was the center of the movement that became known in German intelligence circles as the Ulm Scene. Intelligence officials say they know of at least four men who frequented the center, one of them a convert, who traveled to Chechnya. Only one returned; the rest were killed fighting for the jihadist cause against the Russians….

Mr. Gelowicz began to frequent the Multi-Kultur-Haus, which preaches the strict Wahhabi form of Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia….

The leaders of the center exercised a great deal of control over the lives of their young charges. They gave them strict schedules and kept tabs on their movements, going so far as to issue them prepaid cellphones so they could stay in touch with them even if their families opposed it, said the parents of two children who converted to Islam at the center. Inside the center was a large library that included the works of radical preachers, a gym with punching bags, and guest rooms….

In January 2005, the Bavarian authorities began to crack down on activities at the Islamic center. Mr. Gelowicz was detained and questioned after a police raid but was released because there was insufficient evidence that he was involved in criminal activity. The authorities closed the center in December 2005.