Iranian Activist Says Berlin Pride Attack Shows Europe Is ‘Losing the War of Narratives’ | DW News

July 28, 2026 | Iranian human rights activist Masih Alinejad has faced numerous threats to her life because of her outspoken criticism of the Iranian regime and political Islam. She told DW that the attack at a Berlin Pride event highlights the dangers of failing to confront Islamist ideology.

This lady is exercised. I like that. But she still buys into the false narrative of Islamism as distinct from Islam. An Islamist is merely a devout, practising Muslim. A person who practises Islam uncompromisingly. This lady talks of Islamism being a political ideology. All of Islam is political! As Ayatollah Khomeini used to say… “Islam is politics or it is nothing.” — © Mark Alexander