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The following video shows part of one of Michael Stürzenberger’s “Islamophobic” presentations in downtown Munich. In it you’ll see a Muslima confront Mr. Stürzenberger about his “hateful incitement of the masses”. Her argument may be condensed into these four points:
- I am a Muslim.
- I am a doctor.
- I am German.
- Therefore everything you say is irrelevant and not worth discussing.
Original translation by Nash Montana , many thanks to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:
Video transcript:
| 0:00 | Could we discuss a bit? —Yes, OK | |
| 0:03 | Please (tries to grab the mike) —I’ll hold it, I’ll hold it | |
| 0:06 | Wonderful day to you —Hello, I am Michael —Yes Michael, I am Katja, I’m pleased to meet you, | |
| 0:09 | I find your campaign here ultra primitive. | |
| 0:12 | Why? —That is my opinion, | |
| 0:15 | because you lump all muslims together. | |
| 0:18 | Does it say that anywhere, that all muslims are the same? It says Islam, not muslims. | |
| 0:21 | Not all muslims. | |
| 0:24 | We are discussing, and that is why the microphone | |
| 0:27 | needs to be held this way so that the discussion | |
| 0:30 | can’t be monopolized. —You mean not wanting to answer. | |
| 0:33 | I don’t know what you learned in your life, what you studied, | |
| 0:36 | but what you present here, this incitement of hate of the masses, | |
| 0:39 | that’s really embarrassing for you, you should be ashamed | |
| 0:42 | to stand here in the middle of Munich, with such judgment! | |
| 0:45 | Number one, what did you study? And who are you actually? | |
| 0:48 | You should know by now, islam does not mean peace, | |
| 0:51 | that is a fact, islam means submission and conquest, | |
| 0:54 | that is the translation from the Arabic. Islam means conquest and submission, | |
| 0:57 | that is a fact, so how is that incitement of hate of the masses? | |
| 1:00 | Well, Michael, I am muslim, | |
| 1:03 | I am German, I am proud of that | |
| 1:06 | of what I am, and I am a doctor. | |
| 1:09 | And the word islam means peace! | |
| 1:12 | Salaam means peace. Salaam means peace! | |
| 1:15 | Salaam means peace, not islam. —No no no no no no no | |
| 1:18 | We know Arabic! —We are discussing! (tries to yank away the mike AGAIN!) | |
| 1:21 | I will hold the microphone! | |
| 1:24 | OK, so you obviously don’t want to discuss, you want to manipulate | |
| 1:27 | the people here, and pull off your damned show here! | |
| 1:30 | You should be ashamed about that! I am a muslim | |
| 1:33 | and I am proud of that, and I am a German muslim. | |
| 1:36 | And you are not in the position to judge and to paint all countries | |
| 1:39 | with the same broad strokes. You are a preacher of hate [Volksverhetzer], | |
| 1:42 | and it’s not worth it to even discuss with you, | |
| 1:45 | because I am a medical doctor and I care for other people, | |
| 1:48 | I don’t know what you do in this society, but incitement of the masses is not… | |
| 1:51 | Why do you feel attacked here? | |
| 1:54 | This sign, it is factually correct! | |
| 1:57 | You don’t need to feel attacked personally. | |
| 2:00 | It’s beautiful that you are a doctor, it’s beautiful that you are integrated, | |
| 2:03 | that’s all wonderful! So where is the problem? | |
| 2:06 | You know what? There is no discussion possible with you. | |
| 2:09 | You are manipulating the people here, you are interrupting my speech, | |
| 2:12 | you are trying to lead a discussion that you can’t win! | |
| 2:15 | You are embarrassing yourself in this world, | |
| 2:18 | and the people who stand here and hear all this think exactly like me, | |
| 2:21 | your manipulation of these people here —I have no clue what kind of | |
| 2:24 | an educational background you come from — you cannot just | |
| 2:27 | lump all of this together, and you don’t need to explain to me. | |
| 2:30 | The Arabic language is my mother language, and… | |
| 2:33 | Where do you come from? | |
| 2:36 | Where do you come from? | |
| 2:39 | What are your roots? What Arabic country are your roots in? | |
| 2:42 | She just said I am mentally ill. | |
| 2:45 | Well friends, the fact is that the word islam means submission | |
| 2:48 | In Arabic, the word salaam means peace! | |
| 2:51 | But she wants to explain to me what the words are | |
| 2:54 | for peace and submission! | |
| 2:57 | Pardon me, but my mother is an Arabic language teacher, | |
| 3:00 | and I speak Arabic, have you ever read Arabic? | |
| 3:03 | You know what you… —We have an Arabic Koran, an original from Saudi Arabia, | |
| 3:06 | with a legitimate German translation! | |
| 3:09 | And in it everything is written exactly like this! | |
| 3:12 | At [unintelligible] you can go fact check, OK? | |
| 3:15 | Could you right now look at an Arabic dictionary | |
| 3:18 | what the word ‘peace’ means, Salaam, and | |
| 3:21 | the word ‘islam’ means submission, end of story! | |
| 3:24 | OK, and now let’s look in the background, to the left side, | |
| 3:27 | what has that gentleman studied that just repeats after you? | |
| 3:30 | Does he even have enough education to make a judgment here? | |
| 3:33 | Do you know what? You are too primitive for me, | |
| 3:36 | you are downright just a hypocrite, and you’re someone | |
| 3:39 | who vilifies people and you should be ashamed of yourself! | |
| 3:42 | Why are you so upset? [Sign reads: “islam-criticism is a citizen’s right and a citizen’s duty!”] | |
| 3:45 | There is an old saying: He who speaks the truth will need a fast horse! | |
| 3:48 | Because he will be hunted by everyone. The truth | |
| 3:51 | is very uncomfortable to a lot of people, even with that lady there, | |
| 3:54 | who doesn’t want to acknowledge that islam means submission, | |
| 3:57 | and not peace. Again, | |
| 4:00 | dear Madam, we are happy that you are integrated | |
| 4:03 | into society, we are happy that you are a doctor, | |
| 4:06 | we are happy that you are a muslim believer, | |
| 4:09 | but aren’t you of the opinion that — | |
| 4:12 | especially concerning women — islam poses | |
| 4:15 | many many problematic issues, | |
| 4:18 | such as the demand to beat women when they act unruly, | |
| 4:21 | Sura 4:34, what do you have to say to that? | |
| 4:24 | You are embarrassing yourself, that’s what I have to say to that, | |
| 4:27 | I have never been beat as a muslim, and | |
| 4:30 | integration is neither here nor there, I am just as German as you, | |
| 4:33 | you really should be ashamed to argue like this… | |
| 4:36 | Nobody has questioned that [her being German], | |
| 4:39 | we are happy that you are an integrated member of our society, | |
| 4:42 | that you are a German who participates here wonderfully! | |
| 4:45 | This is about islam, and the dangerous issues within it, | |
| 4:48 | which when summarized is called ‘political islam’ and | |
| 4:51 | and it is about discrimination against women, | |
| 4:54 | women who should be punished because they don’t behave, | |
| 4:57 | women who are forced to be sexually available to the men all the time. | |
| 5:00 | Each islamic man is allowed to have up to four wives, | |
| 5:03 | all of these things! Do you even know about this? | |
| 5:06 | It’s extremely ridiculous to even dignify this | |
| 5:09 | with an answer. You should be ashamed of yourself, | |
| 5:12 | for the incitement of hate for the masses you are creating here, | |
| 5:15 | you have absolutely no idea about islam. If you knew about islam | |
| 5:18 | you wouldn’t have arguments like this. | |
| 5:21 | Islam and Christendom have the same story; | |
| 5:24 | it begins with Adam and Eve; it is the same story. | |
| 5:27 | Religion does not serve hateful incitement of the masses | |
| 5:30 | but religion serves — like philosophy — | |
| 5:33 | to live side by side in a country | |
| 5:36 | and to respect each other, and that is… | |
| 5:39 | Why does this not happen in islamic countries? | |
| 5:42 | Why does this not happen in islamic countries? Why are other religions | |
| 5:45 | not accepted in islamic countries, and the people there often are | |
| 5:48 | threatened and persecuted and murdered? | |
| 5:51 | ||
| 5:55 | Well, I mean, we just had New Zealand happen, | |
| 5:58 | and have seen how a right-wing radical | |
| 6:01 | entered a mosque and mowed down muslims! | |
| 6:04 | So just stop lumping everyone together, | |
| 6:07 | and let the people here in Munich | |
| 6:10 | live together internationally, and stop doing this dumbing-down | |
| 6:13 | of the masses or this incitement to hate of the masses! | |
| 6:16 | And you know what? I contribute more to society | |
| 6:19 | as a doctor and as a humanitarian helper, but you are nothing, | |
| 6:22 | and you are a wacko! | |
| 6:25 | ||
| 6:28 | Wonderful! Applause for these factual arguments | |
| 6:31 | from this young lady! But first: | |
| 6:34 | We have never lumped all muslims together. | |
| 6:37 | We are speaking about islam. | |
| 6:40 | We are speaking about the dangerous elements | |
| 6:43 | within islam, OK? And this lady felt personally attacked, | |
| 6:46 | and do you know what? | |
| 6:49 | We experience this at each and every rally, | |
| 6:52 | dozens of times! And the problem isn’t that | |
| 6:55 | most muslims identify themselves with islam, | |
| 6:58 | and as soon as something critical is being said | |
| 7:01 | that’s when we see these enraged situations, | |
| 7:04 | just like a minute ago with this young lady. | |
| 7:07 | We neither made a blanket statement | |
| 7:10 | about muslims, nor did we | |
| 7:13 | criticize a muslim here. | |
| 7:16 | We say this over and over again: | |
| 7:19 | all muslims who accept our freedom-based | |
| 7:22 | Constitutional State, who accept our rules, | |
| 7:25 | who do not want shariah and islamic law to take over here, | |
| 7:28 | are all sincerely welcome! | |
| 7:31 | That is what this is all about! | |
| 7:34 | That’s what it is about. |
