Todenhöfer "Islamic state organization, Baby Bush"

Todenhöfer "Islamic state organization, Baby Bush"

The organization Islamic state is a creation of the West. This is the view taken by the German author Jürgen Todenhöfer, shared by other journalists.

The former judge and deputy, left on the image, spent ten days "embedded" in Mosul, Iraq, city under the control of the Islamist organization. He was able to interview some of its members, the young German right of the image.

Jürgen Todenhöfer was widely criticized for offering a propaganda platform to terrorists by this story ... but also for its position on the place of Islam in Europe. At a time when the continent is reeling from the attacks in Paris, he advocated a better understanding towards religion treated unfairly.

In his works, Todenhöfer defends Islam. He says: "We will overcome the violence of terrorists minorities, only if we treat the Muslim world as fairly as we like to be treated."

euronews: "Mr. Todenhöfer, what is your reaction to the anti-terrorist operations in several European countries, and the attacks in Belgium project? "

Jürgen Todenhöfer: "I think our security services must do what is necessary, but we must avoid any hysteria."

euronews: "For years you call in your books more understanding towards Islam. Why do you think he is being treated unfairly? "

Jürgen Todenhöfer: "For the last 200 years, no Arab country has ever attacked the West. We need to explain why we are the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. And if we seek an explanation for the existence of this horrible organization Islamic state, we must look at history: it was created a few weeks after the US invasion of Iraq. It's the baby of George W. Bush. And violence that strikes us today is the boomerang of our own wars. "

euronews: "What has surprised you the most during your stay in the territories controlled by the organization Islamic state?"

Jürgen Todenhöfer "What this organization is much stronger than the European political thought, and that we have no strategy against the organization Islamic state because bomb cities which are found only 5000 fighters cause death of thousands of civilians, which only fuels terrorism and will not weaken the organization Islamic state. "

euronews: "There has been a lot of criticism after your interview with jihadists from Germany. Could you have them ask more pointed questions? "

Jürgen Todenhöfer: "Whatever my opinion and what I think of the organization Islamic state. I have written several times. I have an extremely critical opinion on them. It was important to know what to think. And I can tell all the journalists who feel the need to be more courageous in the lion's mouth, I can do them in and they will have the discussion they wish with the leaders of the organization Islamic State . "

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