The German television channel ZDF has corrected a false report about the Islamist demonstration in Hamburg. In the “heuteXpress” news programme on the morning of April 29, presenter Sara Bildau incorrectly stated that the organisers of the demonstration were “close to a right-wing extremist group monitored by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution”. It was correct “that ‘Muslim Interaktiv’ is monitored by the Hamburg Office for the Protection of the Constitution as a confirmed extremist organisation in the Islamist milieu”, the broadcaster clarified.
The error had been transparently corrected on the ZDF homepage, a spokeswoman told reporters when asked by the newspaper JUNGE FREIHEIT. The false report had previously been criticised on social media and picked up by the news portal Nius, among others. Meanwhile, the Islamist demonstration on Saturday continues to make waves. Numerous politicians have called for the “Muslim Interactive” group to be banned. And there are also calls for the resignation of Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD).
The approximately 1,000 participants at the meeting had called for the establishment of a caliphate and complained about allegedly Islamophobic policies in Germany. They also criticised ” bogus lies” in reporting on the Gaza war and repeatedly expressed their protest with chants of “Allahu Akbar”.
ZDF bezeichnet Islamisten-Demo als „rechtsextrem“: Sender korrigiert sich (jungefreiheit.de)