As they did to Ozil, the extreme right wing in Germany will use Rudiger's index finger to attack Muslims

The accusations have been made by Julian Reichelt, former editor-in-chief of the Bild newspaper, when the player and the German Football Association decided to open a case against the journalist for the accusations against him, including making statements of hatred, defamation and incitement.

The photo of Antonio Rudiger was accompanied by the words:  "Ramadan Mubarak to all Muslims. May God accept our fasting and our prayers," and was published at the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. However, Reichelt's accusations were not released until this week, when he linked Rüdiger's index finger to the terrorist group ISIS. 

The journalist has refused to apologize for associating Rüdiger with terrorism, stressing that Rüdiger's act of giving a degree "is a symbol of the terrorist group Daesh (ISIS) and supposedly Islamic killers around the world."

Reichelt is known for his pro-Israel positions as he posts daily messages on the X network that highlight the official narrative of the brutal regime that continues to kill Palestinian children.

Julian Reichelt is currently working for the German "News" website, which is a right-wing newspaper, after he was fired from the "Bild" newspaper, as its editor-in-chief for reasons related to the abuse of his power, especially establishing sexual relations with women who were working under his command.

Abdul Samad Al-Yazidi, Secretary General of the General Council of Muslims in Germany says:  "Those who started this scandal know for sure that raising the index finger has nothing to do with the terrorist group ISIS, but is a sign of monotheism and monotheism , but they are trying to create conflicts to incite the public against Muslims."

This is not the first time that a Muslim player of the German national football team has been attacked because of his religion. In the past, the leaders of the right-wing party Alternative for Germany attacked the former player of the country's national team and the teams of England's Arsenal and Spain's Real Madrid, Mesut Özil, due to a picture of him performing the Umrah ritual in the city the Meccan saint claiming that, that is not his real life in the West. After that they started dirty propaganda against Özil especially after meeting the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which forced him to take the decision to retire from international football.

The General Secretary of the General Council of Muslims in Germany, Al-Yazidi says that the parties participating in the campaign to smear the name of the Muslim soccer player Antonio Rudiger have hatred against other people and other religions that they consider to be foreign, not only Muslims, but they do not dare to attack them. other religions as they do against Islam, because sabotage and hatred against Islam is now allowed even in the German Parliament.

Abdul Samad Al-Yazidi added that, attacks against Islam occur in broad daylight without any action being taken against such evil actions. He has said that the continuation of the matter as it is now is dangerous for the society that includes people of all religions and races in Germany.