The driver … came to Germany in 2006. But he is not an Islamist … on the contrary: He was apparently a radical critic of Islam and sympathized with the AfD – and Elon Musk.
The driver … came to Germany in 2006. But he is not an Islamist … on the contrary: He was apparently a radical critic of Islam and sympathized with the AfD – and Elon Musk.
There were really two reasonable profiles to expect, right wing or Islamic extremist. He seems to have split the difference in an odd way. It will be interesting to see how this impacts the election. He is an immigrant, so that could help AfD, but he is also (at least) fascist adjacent which could hurt them.
I wouldn’t say there’s any split, they are two sides of the same coin and he just happens to not be on the side that aligns with his ethnicity, the article describes him as identifying as an ex-muslim.