More courage is needed in dealing with Islamism, says FDP Vice-President Wolfgang Kubicki on WELT TV: "Only robust action will help." New legislative activities are not needed.

WELT A police officer has died after a knife attack by a suspected Islamist in Mannheim. More courage is needed in dealing with Islamism, says FDP Vice-President Wolfgang Kubicki on WELT TV: "Only robust action will help." New legislative activities are not needed. FDP Vice-President Wolfgang Kubicki finds the fatal attack on a police officer in Mannheim to be significantly more serious than the racist shouting in a bar on Sylt - "but not everyone seems to realize that," he says. Politicians must, he says, realize that the greatest threat comes from Islamism. Advertisement FDP politician Wolfgang Kubicki is surprised that politicians, the media and society reacted much more agitated to the video of racist shouting in a bar on Sylt than to the fatal police officer attack in Mannheim. "Mannheim is much worse than Sylt - but not everyone seems to realize that," said FDP Vice-President Kubicki to the "Hamburger Abendblatt". "This Islamist wanted to kill the police officer deliberately and out of hatred. Such crimes massively shake people's trust in our legal system." In the attack in Mannheim on Friday morning, a man injured six men, including a policeman, on the market square in the city center at an event organized by the anti-Islam movement Pax Europa (BPE). The 29-year-old died of his injuries on Sunday afternoon. POLICE MURDER IN MANNHEIM The Sulaiman A. file and a possible lead to the jihadist milieu The motive of the 25-year-old perpetrator was initially unclear. So far, the man, who was born in Afghanistan and came to Germany as a teenager in 2014, has not been able to be questioned - he was also injured in the minutes after the attack. Kubicki calls for tougher legal action According to Kubicki, integration has failed in some areas and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) must finally recognize that the greatest threat comes from Islamism. He spoke out in favor of banning Islamist associations "if we want to prevent French conditions in Germany." On the WELT television channel, he called for tougher action against those who incite hatred and violence. "Hate preachers on the Internet who glorify this murder are committing a serious crime that must be investigated and then brought to justice quickly," he said. He pointed out that tougher action is also being taken against right-wing extremists such as the Austrian Martin Sellner. Everyone welcomed the fact that the city of Potsdam has banned Sellner from entering the country. "With the legal framework we have, we can proceed consistently. We just have to have the courage to do so." He also criticized a misunderstood tolerance and relativization of Islamist-motivated crimes. "Unfortunately, there are still political forces here who believe that crimes committed in the name of Islam must be excused or relativized." He called for legal decisions "that make it clear to the other side that the rule of law is not to be trifled with."